onBackPressed() method not triggered in AppCompatActivity

Question

AppCompatActivity onBackPressed() method fails to trigger in my activity.

I see the back arrow button and get the animation when pressing it, but nothing else happens. a

Answer 1

onBackPressed() is not present in AppCompactActivity, You have to implement an InterFace KeyEvent.Callback and override onKeyUp method and check if the key is BackButton or you can extend ActionBarActivity which is child class of AppCompactActivity