MenuItem tint for all apis - iconTint for apis > 26 -

Question

I would like to set iconTint for the menu item as you see below but I have a warning "Attribute iconTint is only used in API level 26 and higher" So is there another way to set tint of menu item icon.

Thanks!

<item
        android:id="@+id/navigation_schedule"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_filter_list_black_24dp"
        android:iconTint="@color/black"
        android:title="@string/filter"
        app:showAsAction="always" />

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '19 at 16:37

7

Okay, I've already found a solution.

By handling it with DrawableCompat :

 menu?.getItem(0)?.icon?.let {
            DrawableCompat.setTint(
                it,
                ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.black)
            )
        }

answered Jan 21 '19 at 16:37

Khaled Qasem

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This doesn't work for me. I get `Unresolved reference: DrawableCompat` – Jake Aug 05 '19 at 03:11
seems you don't have the color, add black color to your colors file or change it – Khaled Qasem Aug 05 '19 at 08:00
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Using the support library XML attribute `app:iconTint=` in your menu XML is probably the simpler solution now. See here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54961263 – Bruno Bieri Dec 07 '20 at 09:12

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