Need to navigate to multiple levels deep in your hierarchy but need to preserve navigation? This is a common scenario for tapping on a notification. Doing multiple startActivity() calls in a row can make for some sloppy code. Enter TaskStackBuilder, a clear and concise way to manage your back stack!

AndroidManifest.xml

<!-- Setting the parentActivityName can help the TaskStackBuilder build out the back stack
    if methods like .addNextIntentWithParentStack(Intent intent) are used -->
<activity
    android:name=".ui.home.HomeActivity"
    android:launchMode="singleTop"
    android:label="@string/app_name"/>
            
<activity
    android:name=".ui.upload.UploadActivity"
    android:parentActivityName=".ui.home.HomeActivity"
    android:launchMode="singleTop"
    android:label="@string/app_name"/>

<activity
    android:name=".ui.upload.UploadDetailActivity"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:parentActivityName=".ui.upload.UploadActivity"/>

HomeActivity.java

// http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/TaskStackBuilder.html
TaskStackBuilder.create(this)
            .addNextIntent(HomeActivity.buildIntent(this, domainObject))
            .addNextIntent(UploadActivity.buildIntent(this))
            .addNextIntent(UploadDetailActivity.buildIntent(this, anotherDomainObject))
            .startActivities();