How to set icon color of MenuItem?

63
votes

I defined a menu item that has ShareActionProvider and share white icon like so : 

<item
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_share_white_24dp"
    android:id="@+id/action_share"
    android:title="@string/action_share"
    android:orderInCategory="200"
    app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
    app:actionProviderClass="android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider"/>

But when I launch the application, I get a different black share icon. How to set the share icon to be white?

Here is the result that I have

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androidmenuitem

9 Answers

70
votes

The icon is actually provided by the ShareActionProvider and you can't change it afaik. You can, however, customize the color by setting the textColorPrimary in your styles.xml:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    app:theme="@style/MyActionBarTheme"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">

<style name="MyActionBarTheme" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">#fa0</item>
</style>

For any custom icons, you would have to color them yourself, ie.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);

    for(int i = 0; i < menu.size(); i++){
        Drawable drawable = menu.getItem(i).getIcon();
        if(drawable != null) {
            drawable.mutate();
            drawable.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.textColorPrimary), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);
        }
    }

    return true;
}
53
votes

Short and Sweet Answer--> app:iconTint="@color/yourcolor

add app:iconTint="@color/yourcolor" in your MenuItem for change the Icon color.

<item
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_share_white_24dp"
    android:id="@+id/action_share"
    android:title="@string/action_share"
    android:orderInCategory="200"
    app:iconTint="@color/yourcolor"
    app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
    app:actionProviderClass="android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider"/>
47
votes

This is a theming issue. Depending on your current theme, you need to set the correct ActionBar overlay theme. The Action Provider reads a value in the theme (which indicates if the theme is dark or light) to determine the color of the icon.

If your main theme is light and your ActionBar is dark, your ActionBar/Toolbar must use the theme ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar.

38
votes

try this :

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.MENU, menu);

    // change color for icon 0 
    Drawable yourdrawable = menu.getItem(0).getIcon(); // change 0 with 1,2 ... 
    yourdrawable.mutate();
    yourdrawable.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.white), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
    return true;
}
4
votes

short Answer --> use app:iconTint="?android:textColorPrimary" if you want the icon color to be white, write: android:theme = "@style/ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.Dark.ActionBar" else if you want black color, write: android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.Light" to your toolbar

4
votes

color of icons in menu can change in Layout/activity_main.xml

set this line app:itemIconTint="@color/red_warning inside this tag com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        tools:openDrawer="start">

    <include
            layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>


    <com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
            android:id="@+id/nav_view"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_gravity="start"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
            app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
            app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer"
            app:itemIconTint="@color/red_warning"
    />


</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>

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3
votes
@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater menuInflater) {
    menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_confirm, menu);
    MenuItem action_done = menu.findItem(R.id.action_done);
    action_done.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_filter);
    Utils.menuIconColor(action_done, Color.WHITE);
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, menuInflater);
}

public static void menuIconColor(MenuItem menuItem, int color) {
    Drawable drawable = menuItem.getIcon();
    if (drawable != null) {
        drawable.mutate();
        drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);
    }
}
1
votes
 app:iconTint="@color/colorWhite"

add this in Navigational view properties

Ex -

<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:background="@color/main_color"
        app:itemBackground="@drawable/divider_menu_items"
        app:itemTextColor="@color/colorWhite"
        app:itemIconTint="@color/colorWhite"
        app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer"/>

Adding this all menu item icons convert to color given by you.

0
votes

This behaviour is expected, as the ShareActionProvider is

responsible for creating views that enable data sharing and also to show a sub menu with sharing activities if the hosting item is placed on the overflow menu.

according to the documentation.

This means that you don't have control over the customization of the view when using it.