added in version 22.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:support-compat:28.0.0-alpha1

NavUtils

public final class NavUtils
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.support.v4.app.NavUtils


NavUtils provides helper functionality for applications implementing recommended Android UI navigation patterns. For information about recommended navigation patterns see Tasks and Back Stack from the developer guide and Navigation from the design guide.

Summary

Constants

String PARENT_ACTIVITY

Public methods

static Intent getParentActivityIntent(Context context, ComponentName componentName)

Obtain an Intent that will launch an explicit target activity specified by sourceActivityClass's PARENT_ACTIVITY <meta-data> element in the application's manifest.

static Intent getParentActivityIntent(Context context, Class<?> sourceActivityClass)

Obtain an Intent that will launch an explicit target activity specified by sourceActivityClass's PARENT_ACTIVITY <meta-data> element in the application's manifest.

static Intent getParentActivityIntent(Activity sourceActivity)

Obtain an Intent that will launch an explicit target activity specified by sourceActivity's PARENT_ACTIVITY <meta-data> element in the application's manifest.

static String getParentActivityName(Context context, ComponentName componentName)

Return the fully qualified class name of a source activity's parent activity as specified by a PARENT_ACTIVITY <meta-data> element within the activity element in the application's manifest.

static String getParentActivityName(Activity sourceActivity)

Return the fully qualified class name of sourceActivity's parent activity as specified by a PARENT_ACTIVITY <meta-data> element within the activity element in the application's manifest.

static void navigateUpFromSameTask(Activity sourceActivity)

Convenience method that is equivalent to calling navigateUpTo(sourceActivity, getParentActivityIntent (sourceActivity)).

static void navigateUpTo(Activity sourceActivity, Intent upIntent)

Navigate from sourceActivity to the activity specified by upIntent, finishing sourceActivity in the process.

static boolean shouldUpRecreateTask(Activity sourceActivity, Intent targetIntent)

Returns true if sourceActivity should recreate the task when navigating 'up' by using targetIntent.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Constants

PARENT_ACTIVITY

added in version 22.1.0
String PARENT_ACTIVITY

Constant Value: "android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"