How to enable only one instance of my application

android installation single-instance
Palejandro picture Palejandro · Feb 27, 2012 · Viewed 17.2k times · Source

I need only one instance of my app in android. If I run my app after installation and go to Home screen, and again run my app (click on app's icon), second instance is opened, I need to open already running first instance not to run second instance. I don't know how to solve this.

Answer

Vyacheslav Shylkin picture Vyacheslav Shylkin · Feb 27, 2012

Use android:launchMode="singleTask" or android:launchMode="singleInstance" in your manifest.xml in your activity tag

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