Change the actionbar homeAsUpIndicator Programmatically

Question

I used the following hack to change the homeAsupIndicator programmatically.

int upId = Resources.getSystem().getIdentifier(\"up\", \"id\", \"android\");
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Answer 1

You can try this:

this.getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator( R.drawable.actionbar_indicator ); //for ActionBarCompat
this.getActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator( R.drawable.actionbar_indicator ); //for default actionbar for post 3.0 devices

If you need change the position of the icon, you must create a drawable file containing a "layer-list" like this:

actionbar_indicator.xml