Android: Back button goes to home screen after sharing to Obsidian

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Bug description

When sharing a URL/text from another app (Chrome, X, etc.) to Obsidian, pressing the back button does NOT
return to the source app — it goes to the home screen.

Other apps (Pocket, Notion, Google Keep) correctly return to the source app after a share intent.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Chrome or X on Android
  2. Share an article to Obsidian
  3. Press back button

Expected: Returns to Chrome/X
Actual: Goes to home screen

Likely cause

Obsidian’s activity uses singleTask launch mode, which breaks the Android back stack. Using singleTop for
the share-receiving activity would fix this.

Environment

  • Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • Android 15 (One UI 7)
  • Obsidian: latest
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I don’t think this is a bug. This is not an universal behavior.

I just tried sharing to whatsapp, pressing back goes to the whatsapp’s contact list.

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Thanks for looking into this.

The WhatsApp example is actually different — back goes to WhatsApp’s own contact list, not the home screen. With Obsidian, back goes straight to the home screen, which means the back stack is lost entirely.

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You have to do back twice to go back to the home screen. That’s a separate behavior.

Anyway, for this specific matter of going back to the originating app after sharing with back, please open a feature request.