Overflow dots not changing colour

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The overflow dots with my activity remain white hence don't change colour when using the code below. Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_wc_bank);

    ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();

    getSupportActionBar().setElevation(0);

    //change background colour of action bar
    actionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#66CCCC")));
    //change text colour of action bar
    actionBar.setTitle(Html.fromHtml("<font color='#000099'>Hello World</font>"));

    //change colour of action bar back arrow
    final Drawable upArrow = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha);
    upArrow.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);
    getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(upArrow);

    //enable and show action bar back arrow
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);

    final Drawable overflowDots = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.abc_ic_menu_moreoverflow_mtrl_alpha);
    overflowDots.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.piccadilly), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);
}

Can you show us how you are using it? Right now I see you getting an instance of a Drawable and setting a color filter, but I don't see where you are using this drawable, say with an `ImageView` or `MenuItem`. — Bryan Herbst, May 01 '15 at 16:07
But *how*? Please post **the code** that you are using to set this Drawable in your `ActionBar`. — Bryan Herbst, May 01 '15 at 16:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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The problem is that you aren't doing anything with your tinted Drawable. You get an instance of your abc_ic_menu_moreoverflow_mtrl_alpha icon and you set a ColorFilter on it, but then you aren't actually using that Drawable anywhere.

Unfortunately there also isn't a good way to set a Drawable object as your overflow menu icon. If you insist on doing this in your Java code, you can use this answer to accomplish that, but it is pretty hacky.

The preferred way is to use a custom style and the android:actionOverflowButtonStyle theme attribute to reference a Drawable resource. This means that if you use this option, you need to create a new asset with the correct color and include that in your drawable resource folders. Your theme will end up looking something like this:

<style name="Your.Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/Your.Theme.OverflowStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="Your.Theme.OverflowStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionButton.Overflow">
    <item name="android:src">@drawable/your_overflow_icon</item>
</style>

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered May 01 '15 at 16:29

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You could create a theme only used by that Activity. You can apply the `android:theme` to specific `` elements in your manifest. – Bryan Herbst May 01 '15 at 19:13
Bear in mind that I am using the AppCompat theme for my app. Anything specific that I need to do? – wbk727 May 01 '15 at 19:29
Nope, I believe that attribute is the same there. – Bryan Herbst May 01 '15 at 19:29
Unfortunately this hasn't worked for me. Please check the screenshot above. – wbk727 May 01 '15 at 19:53
Ah, I see. I've updated my answer, try changing the parent style for the Overflow style to `Widget.AppCompat.ActionButton.Overflow`. – Bryan Herbst May 01 '15 at 19:59
Now I'm lost. Could you check my screenshot to figure out what I need to change please? – wbk727 May 01 '15 at 20:22
I did, which is why I updated my answer. I changed the parent theme for `Your.Theme.OverflowStyle` to `@android:style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionButton.Overflow`. – Bryan Herbst May 01 '15 at 20:25
Surprisingly, this work in 5.0+ but not 4.1. Dunno why. – wbk727 May 02 '15 at 20:59

Overflow dots not changing colour

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