Android - Shared element transitions with calling activity finish()
You can finish your activity in the onStop function, if you only want this to happen when you transition from A to B then create a flag and set it after you call startActivity(ctx,intent, bundle):
@Overridepublic void onStop() { super.onStop(); if(mShouldFinish) finish();}Make sure when you are done with activity B to call finish() and not finishAfterTranstion() since activity A is no longer there
After finishing the activity A, shared element in B might hang in screen if you press back. Set transitionName to null in ActivityB.onEnterAnimationComplete to avoid this.
UPDATE
Much better and simpler way
ActivityCompat. finishAfterTransition(this);<3 support library.
This is maybe late but I had the same issue.What worked for me is:
supportFinishAfterTransition();This is included in the support library and works like charm.
PS: you don't needto call finish() when you call supportFinishAfterTransition() .