Leaving an activity from a thread

[frank]

I am wondering what might be the best method for going back to the MainMenu Activity from a graphical thread.

A brief summary of my configuration :

- MainMenu Activity launches a SubActivity that in turns creates a SurfaceView with a thread (for the graphic rendering).

When the game is over, I display some information from the thread and would like go back to the MainMenu Activity when the screen is touched (like when the user presses the BACK key).

- Actually, I forward touch events from the SurfaceView to the Thread. Returning to the MainMenu Activity from SurfaceView should be quiet good too but I have no idea on how to do it.

Actually I can't figure out how to do it without putting in place some message handler (seems quiet tricky).

Any ideas ?

Thanks
frank

[WarrenFaith]

Build up a Intent-circle
Menu -> Intent1
SurfaceView -> Intent2

You just have to call a new intent if you want to go back to menu. But dont forget to destroy the SurfaceView-Activity including the Thread(s).

[frank]

Thanks I finally found how to start the Activity MainMenu from the Surface View.

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2.    // this from within a OnTouchListener -- methode : onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event)                        
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4.    Intent i = new Intent(v.getContext(), MainMenu.class);
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6.    v.getContext().startActivity(i);
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The problem now is that the Activity that created the SurfaceView doesn't receive any finish events.
The problem is that when I select the option, this View will be recreated ... leaks !!!

I searched a while but couldn't find anyway to notify it from the SurfaceView in order to finish() it !?

Next try is to create a system of notification (like in LunarLander perhaps)... I will keep you informed.
Nevertheless, I am wondering if no other simple solution exists !

[frank]

Ok, I had a look at my problem without succes...

Actually my question is simple but certainly not well formulated :

--> How to "quit" an Activity when the screen is touched - I mean from a Thread(that draws onto a SurfaceView) or from a SurfaceView ?


By "quit" I mean "simulate" the "BACK" key - which implies that the Activity will be destroyed and the previous one Restored (if any ).

Is there a simple way to do that ? At first look it seems pretty straight forward

Many Thanks

[Sowmya]

You can call finish from SurfaceView like this

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1. ((Activity) context).finish();

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Hope this helps

[frank]

Many thanks Sowmya.

That's exactly what I was looking for & it is working fine

Nice to learn that the context is the Activity in a SurfaceView !!!

See you