Android NavigationView: reduce space between icon and text and `itemBackground` not working

Question

Is there a way to reduce the space between the icon and text in the NavigationView when its built using a menu xml?

I\'ve tried to text android:drawablePadding

Answer 1

With the NavigationView defined in the Material Components Library use the app:itemIconPadding attribute.

You can also define a custom style like:

The default value is defined by the @dimen/mtrl_navigation_item_icon_padding and it is 14dp.