How to set a custom back button in ActionBar?

Question

I am creating an ActionBar (SupportActionBar, more precisely) this way:

android.support.v7.app.ActionBar actionBar=getSupportActionBar();
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_STANDARD);
    actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);
    actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    //actionBar.setDisplayOptions(actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_TITLE););
    actionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_drawer);
    actionBar.setTitle(mTitle);

This way, I get a button in my action bar which, once clicked, does what I want it to do. But, it displays an arrow pointing to the left. I would like to display another drawable, so I uncomment the setDisplayOptions line, and the icon I want is displayed. But, the button is no longer clickable.

How could I set my drawable to the button, and maintaining it clickable?

try this link, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16771532/removing-left-arrow-from-the-actionbar-in-android?rq=1 — Sachit karki, Nov 07 '16 at 10:47

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '16 at 10:57

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Use setHomeAsUpIndicator() method instead

actionBar.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_drawer);

answered Nov 07 '16 at 10:57

Maksim Ostrovidov

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Keshav · Answer 2 · 2018-07-21T04:19:18.603

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If you want to back arrow button, just use below code:

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

    val ab = actionBar
    ab?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)
    getSupportActionBar()?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}

override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem?): Boolean {
   finish()
   return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)
}

edited Jul 21 '18 at 04:19

answered Jul 21 '18 at 03:26

Keshav

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How to set a custom back button in ActionBar?

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