Android BottomNavigationView unselected text not showing

Question

I am using android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView. All is fine except the titles not showing when not selected.

<!-- layout -->
<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
    android:id="@+id/bnvBar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:background="@android:color/background_light"
    android:theme="@style/BottomNavigationTheme"
    app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation_main" />

<!-- theme -->
<style name="BottomNavigationTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/orange</item>
</style>

What is missing?

check this--> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41718633/bottomnavigationview-with-more-than-3-items-tab-title-is-hiding — Swati, Jan 22 '19 at 04:51
try this - bottomNavigationView.setLabelVisibilityMode(LabelVisibilityMode.LABEL_VISIBILITY_LABELED) @Sean — Asteroid, Jan 22 '19 at 04:59

score 65 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 15 '20 at 10:49

65

If you are using Support Library 28 Try this,

app:labelVisibilityMode="labeled"

Full code

    <android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
        android:id="@+id/bnvBar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:background="@android:color/background_light"
        android:theme="@style/BottomNavigationTheme"
        app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation_main" 
        app:labelVisibilityMode="labeled"
    />

edited Jun 15 '20 at 10:49

sonique

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answered Jan 22 '19 at 04:48

Saikrishna Rajaraman

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thanks man. you just saved my day. I was going through different forums to get an answer to this . – other Tall guy May 17 '23 at 20:41

Android BottomNavigationView unselected text not showing

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