Apps onBackPressed doesn't work at all

[ely_en]

I have a problem with these functions. I want to override the native back button, but the functions never get called and I don't understand where is the mistake.

@Override
 public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if ((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK)) { //Back key pressed
            mCountDownTimer.cancel();
            Intent in = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyActivity2.class);
            startActivity(in);
            mCountDownTimer.cancel();
            return true;
        }else{
            return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
        }
    }


    @Override
    public void onBackPressed(){
        mCountDownTimer.cancel();
        Intent in = new Intent(this, MyActivity2.class);
        startActivity(in);

        super.onBackPressed();

    }

Thank you!

 

[Manaya]

Try it once without super.onBackPressed() because that destroys the main activity.

 

[ely_en]

I've tried it before, it doesn't work

 

[Manaya]

Are you sure it doesn't work? When there was no super.onBackPressed(), what happened? Did the activity still destroy itself or nothing happened at all?

I'm asking because maybe it's starting the new activity part of the code which doesn't work, not onBackPressed()

Another thing is, I had no issue with onBackPressed but I didn't use onKeyDown along with it. I actually don't know, is KeyDown even needed? I'm not an Android expert myself D: