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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Standard ListViews Introducing ListView and ListActivity

Posted by MUZ141113 Simbarashe Makura
MUZ141113 Simbarashe Makura
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Whats the point of setting Hierarchical parent on adding a new activity?

Whats the point of setting Hierarchical parent on adding a new activity?

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David Postlethwaite
David Postlethwaite
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David Postlethwaite
David Postlethwaite
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It is used for navigation the system reads this attribute to determine which activity should be started when the user presses the Up button in the action bar or it can use this information to synthesize a back stack of activities.

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Android loves inheritance. On your phone you have a back key when a parent is defined that key will take you to the parent activity when clicked so it is necessary to set the parent