How to change Toolbar Navigation and Overflow Menu icons (appcompat v7)?

Question

I am having a hard time with v7 Toolbar. What was once a simple task for ActionBar, now seems overly complex. No matter what style I set, I cannot change either

Answer 1

if you want to change your icons to a Vector , create a new one. and then in your Activity.java :

Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.your_toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.your_icon);
mToolbar.setOverflowIcon(ContextCompat.getDrawable(this, R.drawable.your_icon2));

To change Vector icon Color, go to your Vector XML file.. in this case it will be your_icon.xml, it will look like this :

<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:width="24dp"
    android:height="24dp"
    android:viewportWidth="24.0"
    android:viewportHeight="24.0">
<path
    android:fillColor="@color/Your_Color"
    android:pathData="M15.41,7.41L14,6l-6,6 6,6 1.41,-1.41L10.83,12z"/>

Note that we used these attributes to set the Vector's color :

android:fillColor="@color/Your_Color"

Edit : You can't use a color from your colors.XML or somewhere else , the color must be decalred directly in the Vector's XML file.. so it will look like this :

android:fillColor="#FFF"

Answer 2

add your default theme this line;

   <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/my_color</item>

Answer 3

All the above solutions worked for me in API 21 or greater, but did not in API 19 (KitKat). Making a small change did the trick for me in the earlier versions. Notice Widget.Holo instead of Widget.AppCompat

<style name="OverFlowStyle"    parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionButton.Overflow">
    <item name="android:src">@drawable/ic_overflow</item>
</style>

Answer 4

In order to show the icon, use getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.xxx.xxx)

In my case the code is:-

getSupportActionBar().setIcon (R.mipmap.ic_launcher);

Answer 5

There is a simple, easy and better approach, if we need to change only the color of hamburger/back icon.

It is better as it changes color only of desired icon, whereas colorControlNormal and android:textColorSecondary might affect other childviews of toolbar as well.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
    <item name="spinBars">true</item>
    <item name="color">@android:color/white</item>
</style>