Display the icon at the right of the text in navigation view

Question

sorry for my bad English. I have a navigation drawer in some activities, I want the icon of each navigation view item to be placed to the right of that item's text and the whole item get right gravity. Because I only used Persian in my app, I can not use "supportsRtl" in my code, if I use, it will look weird when I set device language to any rtl languages.

I think probably I can fix this with setting custom layout for navigation view, but I'm looking for a simpler way. this is my NavigationView XML code:

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:menu="@menu/menu"
    android:layout_gravity="end" />

Edited :
layoutDirection is a good answer but i used
drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
for opening navigation drawer. now if device language be an rtl language this make app crash.

Try to add Custom Listview or RecylerView in Navigation drawer — Sniffer, Jan 03 '19 at 10:08
thanks, it is a good way but in that case i will need a layout for item and an adapter class ,... . my code will become very longer only for solving this rtl problem . i'm looking for a simpler way or an custom library for it. — danial abadi ghadim, Jan 03 '19 at 10:16
This might help https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33464416/use-custom-layout-in-navigationdrawer-with-header-and-list/33464417#33464417 — okcomputer_kid, Jan 03 '19 at 10:17
thanks, but as i mentioned before. this way need very long code. But is there really no other way to do this? — danial abadi ghadim, Jan 03 '19 at 10:24
Possible duplicate of [Right to left menu items Android in NavigationView](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45456410/right-to-left-menu-items-android-in-navigationview) — shkschneider, Jan 03 '19 at 10:25
There is. See duplicate answer. Basically `android:layoutDirection="rtl"` and `android:textDirection="rtl"` — shkschneider, Jan 03 '19 at 10:26
ok , if i must use rtl , then can i disable system language effect in my app to prevent problem in rtl languages? — danial abadi ghadim, Jan 03 '19 at 10:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '19 at 10:26

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Make supportsRtl true and set the layout dirction to RTL on navigation View and LTR in other layouts

answered Jan 03 '19 at 10:26

Billel Arfi

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layout direction is a good answer but i used drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.START); for opening navigation drawer. now if device language be an rtl language this make app crash. can i handle it with some solution? – danial abadi ghadim Jan 03 '19 at 10:43
thanks for your answer, i used gravityCompat.start but i must use Gravity.Right instead. – danial abadi ghadim Jan 03 '19 at 11:25

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '19 at 10:33

Just add android:layoutDirection="rtl" to your NavigationView, like this:

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     app:menu="@menu/menu"
     android:layoutDirection="rtl"
     android:layout_gravity="end" />

Display the icon at the right of the text in navigation view

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