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In this case there is no instance state to save and the onSaveInstanceState() method is not called. If the user presses the Home button, the activity instance state must be saved. The onSaveInstanceState() method is called.
How do I find out which apps are running on my Android?
In Android 4.0 to 4.2, hold the “Home” button or press the “Recently Used Apps” button to view the list of running apps. To close any of the apps, swipe it to the left or to the right. In older Android versions, open the Settings menu, tap “Applications,” tap “Manage Applications” and then tap the “Running” tab.
What is onSaveInstanceState () and Onrestoreinstancestate () in activity?
This method gets triggered only when something was saved in onSaveInstanceState method. It gets called after onStart() . Also since the onCreate method is always called before, it is a good practice to restore the saved instances there only. …
What is the Home button on Android?
The Home key sits in the middle of your navigation panel. Irritatingly enough, the panel, which also houses the Back and Recent buttons, eats up a bit of your screen real estate. If that bothers you more than it should, there’s a workaround to enjoy your screen in all its uninterrupted glory.
Google restricted the HOME BUTTON override functions because of security reasons. An option for your application would be to write a replacement Home Screen using the android.intent.category.HOME Intent.
What happens when you press the home button?
Some applications will continue to run as a background application, so pressing the home button will not kill them (e.g., Google Play Music will still play after pressing the home button). Your friend might be concerned that by pressing the home button you did not exit the program, and therefore it is still running.
You might consider a solution by Andreas Shrade in his post on How-To Create a Working Kiosk Mode in Android. It’s a bit hacky, but given the reasons that interception of the home button is prevented it has to be 😉
Why is the home button not intercepted in Android?
Hope it helps! The HOME button cannot be intercepted by applications. This is a by-design behavior in Android. The reason is to prevent malicious apps from gaining control over your phone (If the user cannot press back or home, he might never be able to exit the app).