Android - Back button in the title bar

Question

In many apps (Calendar, Drive, Play Store) when you tap a button and enter a new activity, the icon in the title bar turns into a back button, but for the app I am making, i

Answer 1

If you are using the new support library for 5.1 in android studio, you can instead use this on your AppCompatActivity

 ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
 actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
 actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
 actionBar.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.mipmap.ic_arrow_back_white_24dp);
 actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);

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