Launch Modes of Activity The launchMode attribute specifies an instruction on how the activity should be launched into a task There are four different launch modes you can assign to the launchMode attribute o standard:(the default mode) o singleTop:Reuse the activity on the top o singleTask:The system creates a new task and instantiates the activity at the root of the new task. o singleInstance Refer to: http://developer.android.com/quide/components/tasks-and-back-stack.html http://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/understand-android-activity-launchmode/en 8 Launch Modes of Activity • The launchMode attribute specifies an instruction on how the activity should be launched into a task • There are four different launch modes you can assign to the launchMode attribute o standard: (the default mode) o singleTop: Reuse the activity on the top o singleTask:The system creates a new task and instantiates the activity at the root of the new task. o singleInstance 8 Refer to: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/tasks-and-back-stack.html http://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/understand-android-activity-launchmode/en