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Michel Zúñiga
Michel Zúñiga

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Answer: How do I change the android actionbar title and icon

This is very simple to accomplish

If you want to change it in code, call:

setTitle("My new title");
getActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);

And set the values to whatever you please.

Or, in the Android manifest XML file:

<activity android:name=".MyActivity" 
       android:icon="@drawable/my_icon" 
       android:label="My new title" />  

To enable the back button in your app use:

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