How to set color for imageview in Android

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I want set icon into ImageView and i downloaded icons from this site : FlatIcon
Now i want set color to this icons but when use setBackground just add color for background and not set to icons!
When use NavigationView i can set color to icons with this code : app:itemIconTint="@color/colorAccent".

How can i set color to icons into ImageView such as itemIconTint ? Thanks all <3

Possible duplicate of [How to set tint for an image view programmatically in android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20121938/how-to-set-tint-for-an-image-view-programmatically-in-android) — Bö macht Blau, Jul 29 '16 at 08:00

score 200 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 25 '17 at 11:12

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If you are using an icon maybe this can be useful:

android:tint="@color/colorAccent"

Otherwise you can try to modify the class:

ImageView imageViewIcon = (ImageView) listItem.findViewById(R.id.imageViewIcon);
imageViewIcon.setColorFilter(getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.blue));

More info in this thread: Is it possible to change material design icon color from xml in Android?

edited Oct 25 '17 at 11:12

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answered Jul 29 '16 at 08:09

El0din

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is android 4.0 support android:tint="@color/colorAccent" ? – Mohammad Nouri Jul 29 '16 at 08:13
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If you see getColor as deprecated you need to do following ```imageViewIcon.setColorFilter(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.blue));``` – reku Sep 03 '17 at 15:37
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In that case, color that has alpha could not be applied. For example, if the color is "#90000000", black color will be applied. – Gary Chen Aug 10 '20 at 14:38
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For me "android:tint="@color/colorAccent" was not working so I use "app:tint="@color/colorAccent" – Pavlos Mavris Apr 27 '23 at 08:10

score 27 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '16 at 08:09

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Use tint attribute of ImageView.

 android:tint="@color/colorAccent"

answered Jul 29 '16 at 08:09

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is android 4.0 support android:tint="@color/colorAccent" ? – Mohammad Nouri Jul 29 '16 at 09:02
@MohammadNouri No, color state lists and resource references in the `android:tint` attribute are not supported prior to Android 5.0 (API 21) – Louis CAD Apr 03 '17 at 18:54
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Actually, the ColorStateList has been around since API v1 :https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/ColorStateList.html – FractalBob Jul 24 '17 at 04:49

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 10:58

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 DrawableCompat.setTint(imageView.getDrawable(), ContextCompat.getColor(getApplicationContext(), R.color.white));

answered Feb 28 '18 at 10:58

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score 8 · Answer 4 · edited May 14 '21 at 08:34

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Use

imageView.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.color_white));

edited May 14 '21 at 08:34

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answered Sep 25 '18 at 10:52

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score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 14 '20 at 07:31

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Latest Lint shows a warning using android:tint, recommending to use app:tint, but the tint is not visible until you use it together with app:tintMode. So it looks like this:

app:tint="@color/yourcolor"
app:tintMode="add"

answered Aug 14 '20 at 07:31

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In my case, app:tintMode="add" does nothing. Also the effect of app:tint="@color/yourcolor" is also visible at runtime, i.e. cannot see it applied in the designer. – Hashim Akhtar Apr 15 '21 at 14:07
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If "add" doesn't work you can try other [modes](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView#attr_android:tintMode) – 6rchid Jan 23 '23 at 01:15

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 05:26

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Use this tint imageview in android XML

 android:tint="@color/yourcolor"

answered Aug 03 '17 at 05:26

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Vikrant Singh Rawat · Answer 7 · 2021-05-20T12:35:54.973

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Just add this line in your image view.

In XML File:-

 android:tint="@color/color_name"

           or


app:tint="@color/color_name"

In Java File:-

imageViewIconName.setColorFilter(getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.color_name));

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answered May 20 '21 at 12:30

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 04 '22 at 11:01

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You can simply use android:tint, but since there were some issues in some versions.

use AppCompatImageView and it will work fine.

<AppCompatImageView 
        android:tint="@color/your_color" />

answered Jan 04 '22 at 11:01

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 08 '19 at 23:24

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Just use: ivMyImageView.setColorFilter(ActivityCompat.getColor(context, android.R.color.holo_green_light))

answered Mar 08 '19 at 23:24

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 11 '21 at 15:28

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app:tint="@color___"

answered Mar 11 '21 at 15:28

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 26 '22 at 17:19

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El0din has answered with "android:tint="@color/colorAccent""

but you will get an error You Have to change "android" to be "app"

answered Jun 26 '22 at 17:19

mohamed hesen

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Ok I just mentioned there will be an error appeared – mohamed hesen Jul 11 '22 at 17:30

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