How to change the text and icon color of selected menu item on Navigation Drawer programmatically using java

Question

I am a beginner in Android Development. Using android\'s default Navigation drawer activity I am developing an application. One of the requirements of this app is to change

Answer 1

First Way

try using:

app:itemIconTint="@color/color_pink"  //selected icon color
app:itemTextColor="@color/color_pink" //selected text color
app:itemBackground="@color/color_gray" 

For your NavigationView

Second Way

For programetically change use:

navigationView.setItemTextColor(ColorStateList1);
navigationView.setItemIconTintList(ColorStateList2);

Define ColorStateList1 and ColorStateList2 as:

For Navigation View Item Text Color

int[][] state = new int[][] {
        new int[] {-android.R.attr.state_enabled}, // disabled
        new int[] {android.R.attr.state_enabled}, // enabled
        new int[] {-android.R.attr.state_checked}, // unchecked
        new int[] { android.R.attr.state_pressed}  // pressed

};

int[] color = new int[] {
        Color.WHITE,
        Color.BLUE,
        Color.WHITE,
        Color.WHITE
};

ColorStateList ColorStateList1 = new ColorStateList(state, color);

For Navigation View Item Icon Color

int[][] states = new int[][] {
        new int[] {-android.R.attr.state_enabled}, // disabled
        new int[] {android.R.attr.state_enabled}, // enabled
        new int[] {-android.R.attr.state_checked}, // unchecked
        new int[] { android.R.attr.state_pressed}  // pressed

};

int[] colors = new int[] {
        Color.WHITE,
        Color.BLUE,
        Color.WHITE,
        Color.WHITE
};

ColorStateList ColorStateList2 = new ColorStateList(states, colors);