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adamb
adamb

Reputation: 13

Why are my icons changing colours in android studio?

I'm trying to have icons in a navigation drawer for my app in android studio and they keep on becoming grey when I have them as a different color.

I tried to use colored PNG files imported as drawables and they get turned grey in the app. I've tried to use the android studio clipart icons and set the color I want but they still are grey in the app.

I presume this is some issue with my styling/themes but I don't know how to fix this.

How do I get these icons to stay as the color I want?

colored PNG files

colored PNG files

grey in the app

grey in the app

Upvotes: 1

Views: 407

Answers (2)

Deep Parsania
Deep Parsania

Reputation: 251

you need to add this line in your activity_main.xml:

app:itemIconTint="@color/my_desired_colour"

to NavigationView (it is located in activity_main.xml layout file) The default tint is black but you can use an even darker shade of black by using #000000

<android.support.design.widget.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:itemIconTint="#000000"
    app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" />

Upvotes: 1

Priyanka
Priyanka

Reputation: 1875

You need to add below line in your NavigationView tag in xml file -

 app:itemIconTint="@color/custom_color"

Upvotes: 0

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