add action bar with back button in preference activity

Question

Here is my preference activity:

package com.example.hms.test;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;

public class PrefsAct         


        

Answer 1

You should do couple of things:

1. Add the following to your onCreate of PreferenceActivity:

   getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
   getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
   

2. Override onOptionsItemSelected in PreferenceActivity:

   @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId())
        {
            case android.R.id.home:
                NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
                return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
   

3. change the tag in manifest for your PreferenceActivity to look something like this:

4. Finally put android:launchMode="singleTop" in your MainActivity tag in manifest: