When to use FLAG_ACTIVITY_RETAIN_IN_RECENTS?

android,android-intent,activity-stack

I have read the documentation and it seems like if this flag is set when calling an Activity, if the user presses the back button or that Activity is finished(), it still remains on the stack. No, the Activity will not remain on the stack, but its entry will...

Back button takes me to launcher activity not deep-linker activity

android,android-activity,deep-linking,android-navigation,activity-stack

Add android:taskAffinity="" to the <activity> tag for your "deep-linked Activity" in the manifest. What is happening is that Facebook is launching your "deep linked Activity" with Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK (you should be able to verify this by checking the content of the Intent in your Activity in onCreate() or onNewIntent(). If your...