Add back button to action bar

Question

I have been trying to add a back button to the action bar.

I want my view to look like this:

Answer 1

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);
        }
    }

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

You'll need to check menuItem.getItemId() against android.R.id.home in the onOptionsItemSelected method

Duplicate of Android Sherlock ActionBar Up button

Answer 4

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.

<activity
        android:name="com.example.myfirstapp.DisplayMessageActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_display_message"
        android:parentActivityName="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" >

Answer 5

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);
  }
 }