更改布局xml和Android应用中的工作活动

Question

I have 2 Activities, MainActivity.java and OtherActivity.java.
According to the Activities I have activity_main.xml and activity_other.xml layouts.

The starting Activity is the MainActivity.java with main.xml.
I want a menu to swap the active activity and layout to the other.
I tried it with sharedPreferences and activate the other but it didn't work for me.

Answer 1

Use code below to start another activity.

Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, OtherActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);

Use below to let one activity only have one instance.

<activity 
...
android:launchMode="singleInstance" >
...