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What can cause an Activity to finish in Android?

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Answer from AI

An Activity in Android can be finished for several reasons:

  • The user explicitly closes the Activity (presses the "Back" button).
  • The system destroys the Activity to free resources (for example, when memory is low).
  • The finish() method is called in the application code.
  • The device configuration changes (screen rotation), leading to the recreation of the Activity.
  • The application process is terminated by the system.

When an Activity is finished, lifecycle methods such as onPause(), onStop(), and onDestroy() are called.