我从谷歌开发者文档中使用了这个方法:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  ...
  getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}

如果你得到一个空指针异常，这可能取决于主题。尝试在清单中使用不同的主题，或者使用以下方法:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  ...
  getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}

然后在清单中，我为当前活动设置父活动:

<activity
        android:name="com.example.myapp.MyCurrentActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_display_message"
     android:parentActivityName="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" >
    <!-- Parent activity meta-data to support 4.0 and lower -->
    <meta-data
        android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
        android:value="com.example.myapp.MyMainActivity" />
</activity>

我希望这对你有帮助!

在Kotlin是这样的

private fun setupToolbar(){
    toolbar.title = getString(R.string.YOUR_TITLE)
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
    supportActionBar?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)
    supportActionBar?.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true)
}

// don't forget click listener for back button
override fun onSupportNavigateUp(): Boolean {
    onBackPressed()
    return true
}

将此添加到activity的布局文件夹中的xml:

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/prod_toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

使工具栏可点击，添加这些到onCreate方法:

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.prod_toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        finish();
    }
});

MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private Toolbar toolbar;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        ...
        toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(arrow -> onBackPressed());
    }

    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.back_arrow); // your drawable
    toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            onBackPressed(); // Implemented by activity
        }
    });

21+ android:navigationIcon

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:navigationIcon="@drawable/back_arrow"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"/>

如果你想要得到工具栏上的后退箭头，而不是设置为你的SupportActionBar:

(kotlin)

val resId = getResIdFromAttribute(toolbar.context, android.R.attr.homeAsUpIndicator)
toolbarFilter.navigationIcon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(toolbar.context, resId)
toolbarFilter.setNavigationOnClickListener { fragmentManager?.popBackStack() }

从属性中获取res:

@AnyRes
fun getResIdFromAttribute(context: Context, @AttrRes attr: Int): Int {
    if (attr == 0) return 0
    val typedValueAttr = TypedValue()
    context.theme.resolveAttribute(attr, typedValueAttr, true)
    return typedValueAttr.resourceId
}