Navigating to the home page

Question

When running an application, when the home key is pressed the mobile home page comes to the front. How can i do the same on click of a button named exit ?

Answer 1

Short answer.. you can call finish() to end the current activity (this will not kill your application). However I think you should really consider your decision to include a type of "Exit" button in your application. Please review the mechanics of android and some of the information regarding this behavior.

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Answer 2

The Android home screen is an activity and you can launch it like other activities, by using Intent with the android.intent.action.MAIN action and the android.intent.category.HOME category.