Removing left arrow from the actionbar in android?

Question

I want to remove the left arrow from the action bar and only icon and title needed.

My code:

getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.logo);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(R.string.dashboardtitle);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);

But this doesn't remove the left arrow . Any help!!

I would have expected `setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false)` to do it. Are you doing anything related to the action bar in a custom theme? — CommonsWare, May 27 '13 at 10:55
No just i want to remove that left arrow from the action bar — info, May 27 '13 at 11:01
Do you use ActionBar sherlock or it's native android ActionBar? — Borys, May 27 '13 at 11:27

Borys · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-27T11:30:02.410

According to specification android specification: To enable the icon for up navigation (which displays the "up" indicator next to the icon), call setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true) on your ActionBar:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
    actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    ...
}

So you should set actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);

UPDATE: I test next code with ActionBar sherlock and it's work. There is no back arrow:

getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(R.string.about_event_location);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);

still there is small black space left – Maveňツ Jul 28 '14 at 12:50 — Maveňツ, Jul 28 '14 at 12:50

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '13 at 11:32

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You need to add this to your actionBar theme. You can replace arrow image with your own image which can be transparent

<item name="android:homeAsUpIndicator">@drawable/action_arrow</item>

answered May 27 '13 at 11:32

vivek

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This worked! I had to set the new drawable to a transparent image of some width, since using `@android:color/transparent` does not include any padding to the left of the app's icon. – Jul 23 '13 at 11:04
It's possible to use @null to avoid create a transparent image resource. @null – Guilherme Muniz Apr 09 '15 at 19:18

xip · Answer 3 · 2013-12-18T17:26:24.197

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getActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.action_arrow);

Where action_arrow is a 25x10px transparent png. Same code for sherlock would be:

getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.action_arrow);

edited Dec 18 '13 at 17:26

answered Dec 18 '13 at 16:05

xip

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 16 '13 at 15:46

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@vivek: works great. I do not recommend to use @android:color/transparent as Tim Cooper said, because the Title is aligned to the left. So a empty image is better

answered Oct 16 '13 at 15:46

defim

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This looks more like an comment than an answer. – bummi Oct 16 '13 at 16:57

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 21 '18 at 04:16

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In AndroidManifest.xml

remove the below code, which will remove back button from your ActionBar

android:parentActivityName=".Main.MainActivity">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value=".Main.MainActivity" />

Just keep it like below:

<activity
android:name=".YourActivity"
android:label="@string/your_activity_label">
</activity>

answered Jul 21 '18 at 04:16

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I ran into the ugly back arrow issue precisely because I had to add the android:parentActivityName attribute in order to build a proper back stack! Your solution can also break the desired behavior of the system's back button. – Pat Lee Nov 04 '20 at 10:10

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