title: Intent data not clearing when user presses back button then recent apps button
body: <p>I am puzzled over this behavior I am experiencing in an application I am developing...</p>
  
  <p><strong>Short:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Intent data is not clearing out when the user presses the back button to leave the application and then presses the recent button to re-enter the application. (Every other case, the intent data is cleared out)</p>
  
  <p><strong>Long:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have an application with a splash screen that is used to collect data that is passed in from a URI scheme. I then setup an intent to forward the data to the main activity. The main activity has fragments and is based off the master/detail template.</p>
  
  <p>The intent data is cleared out in all cases, such as pressing the home button and then going back to the application, pressing the recent apps button and then going back to the application, etc. The only case where the intent data is not cleared out is when the user presses the back button and then the recent apps button to get back into the application.</p>
  
  <p>Relevant snippets of code that involve the intents:</p>
  
  <pre><code>// Splash Screen Activity
  @Override
  protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
      // Data is done downloading, pass notice and app ids to next activity
      Intent intent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), ListActivity.class);
      intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
      intent.putExtra("id1", id1);
      intent.putExtra("id2", id2);
      intent.putExtra("id3", id3);
      startActivity(intent);
      finish();
  }
  
  
  // ListActivity retrieving intent data
  Intent intent = getIntent();
  if (intent != null) {
      this.id1 = intent.getExtras().getString("id1");
      this.id2 = intent.getExtras().getString("id2");
      this.id3 = intent.getExtras().getString("id3");
  }
  
  
  // ListActivity clearing intent data
  @Override
  public void onPause() {
      super.onPause();
      // Clear intent data
      Intent intent = getIntent();
      intent.putExtra("id1", "");
      intent.putExtra("id2", "");
      intent.putExtra("id3", "");
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to note that I have also tried using intent.removeExtra("id1") but that too did not work.</p>
  
  <p>Any idea what is going on? It is as if Android is keeping the old intent even though onPause() is always called to clear the intent data.</p>