Add back button to action bar

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I have been trying to add a back button to the action bar   I want my view to look like this    I want to add the back button in the left of the action bar   I added this code  ActionBar actionBar   getActionBar     actionBar setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true     but it doesn t work   How can I fix this

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After setting        actionBar setHomeButtonEnabled true     You have to configure the parent activity in your AndroidManifest xml   lt activity     android name  com example MainActivity      android label   string app name      android theme   style Theme AppCompat    gt   lt activity     android name  com example SecondActivity      android theme   style Theme AppCompat   gt       lt meta-data         android name  android support PARENT ACTIVITY          android value  com example MainActivity    gt   lt  activity gt    Look here for more information http   developer android com training implementing-navigation ancestral html

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There are two ways to approach this   Option 1  Update the Android Manifest If the settings Activity is always called from the same activity  you can make the relationship in the Android Manifest  Android will automagically show the  back  button in the ActionBar   lt activity     android name   SettingsActivity      android label  Setting Activity  gt       lt meta-data         android name  android support PARENT ACTIVITY          android value  com example example MainActivity    gt   lt  activity gt    Option 2  Change a setting for the ActionBar If you don t know which Activity will call the Settings Activity  you can create it like this  First in your activity that extends ActionBarActivity  Make sure your  imports match the level of compatibility you are looking for     Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity settings test       ActionBar actionBar   getSupportActionBar        actionBar setHomeButtonEnabled true       actionBar setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true       Then  detect the  back button  press and tell Android to close the currently open Activity    Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item        switch  item getItemId              case android R id home                 app icon in action bar clicked  goto parent activity              this finish                return true          default              return super onOptionsItemSelected item             That should do it

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Add  actionBar setHomeButtonEnabled true     and then add the following   Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem menuItem               switch  menuItem getItemId              case android R id home              onBackPressed                return true          default              return super onOptionsItemSelected menuItem             As suggested by naXa I ve added a check on the itemId  to have it work correctly in case there are multiple buttons on the action bar

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Firstly Use this    ActionBar bar   getSupportActionBar    bar setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true     Then set operation of button click in onOptionsItemSelected method    Override  public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item        switch  item getItemId              case android R id home           finish            return true       default          return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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Add this line in onCreate   method  getSupportActionBar   setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true     then Override this method    Override     public boolean onSupportNavigateUp            finish            return true

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if anyone else need the solution   Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item        int id   item getItemId         if  id    android R id home            onBackPressed               return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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You ll need to check menuItem getItemId   against android R id home in the onOptionsItemSelected method  Duplicate of Android Sherlock ActionBar Up button

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Simpler and better  For API    16  Simply add  parentActivityName  for each activity in Manifest  The back button will automatically take u to the parent activity    lt activity         android name  com example myfirstapp DisplayMessageActivity          android label   string title activity display message          android parentActivityName  com example myfirstapp MainActivity   gt

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After setting  actionBar setHomeButtonEnabled true    Add the following code    Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item        switch  item getItemId              case android R id home                 app icon in action bar clicked  goto parent activity              this finish                return true          default              return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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Use this to show back button and move to previous activity   final ActionBar actionBar   getSupportActionBar            assert actionBar    null          actionBar setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true           actionBar setHomeAsUpIndicator R drawable back dark      Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected final MenuItem item             switch  item getItemId                  case android R id home                  onBackPressed                    return true              default                  return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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this one worked for me    Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity your activity       getSupportActionBar   setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true              other stuff     Override public boolean onSupportNavigateUp        finish        return true      The method onSupportNavigateUp   is called when you use the back button in the SupportActionBar

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