Drawer Indicator does not show

Question

I can't have the Drawer Indicator display. Currently I have either nothing or the "<" at the top left corner of the screen depending of the actionBar settings. But I want the Drawer Indicator of the Nagivation Drawer instead.

I use :

v4.widget.DrawerLayout
v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle
but android.app.ActionBar (not the support 7 one).

Here is snippet of the code :

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); 
    actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
    //I tried all combinations unsuccessfully
    ....
    drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    drawerLV = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
    drawer_Linearlayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_Linearlayout);

    drawerLV.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(
            this,
            R.layout.layout_main_drawer_list_item,
            mDrawerItems));

    drawerLV.setOnItemClickListener(new ListView.OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            selectItem(position);
        }
    });

    drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawer, R.string.drawer_open,R.string.drawer_close) {
        @Override
        public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
            actionBar.setTitle(mTitle);
    }
        @Override
        public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
            actionBar.setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
        }
    };
    drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
    drawer.setDrawerListener(drawerToggle);
}

possible duplicate of [display back button on action bar - android](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15686555/display-back-button-on-action-bar-android) — Abdallah Alaraby, Nov 07 '14 at 16:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '14 at 09:54

I eventually fixed my problem. I forgot to add the following callback in my Acticity :

protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
    // Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
    drawerToggle.syncState();
}

By the way, Lollipop upgrade of v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle adds a nice effect when the navigation drawer is opening or closing. I recommend it.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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I think you also must specify android.R.id.home it in the onOptionsItemSelected to make the back button visible :

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case android.R.id.home:
            //the onClick for your back button
            return true;
        default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

And you just need to use actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

UPDATE :

Just did a quick googling, take a look at this :

Display back button on action bar

Try my answer. I think it will solve your problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Nov 07 '14 at 16:17

Blaze Tama

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Thanks but I can easily have the back button. What I want is to replace it by the Drawer Indicator. – u2gilles Nov 07 '14 at 16:31
@u2gilles Sorry..you said this in your question : "I have either nothing or the "<" at the top left corner of the screen." – Blaze Tama Nov 07 '14 at 16:33

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 07 '14 at 16:19

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Sorry for my previous answer, I misread it. Think this is what you need:

mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
        this,                             
        mDrawerLayout,                 
        R.drawable.ic_drawer, /* The image drawable you're missing */          
        R.string.navigation_drawer_open,  
        R.string.navigation_drawer_close

The image is custom, also known as the hamburger.

answered Nov 07 '14 at 16:19

Doppie

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This parameter does not exist any more in android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle; And android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle is now depreciated. Anyway, I also tried in android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle and it was also not working. – u2gilles Nov 07 '14 at 20:51

Drawer Indicator does not show

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