How to change color of Toolbar back button in Android?

Question

I could not change the color of back button. I am using toolbar material design. In my app I am applying black background of tool bar but the back design is being black by d

Answer 1

Use this:

<style name="BaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
  <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/white</item> 
</style>

Answer 2

Here is the simplest way of achieving Light and Dark Theme for Toolbar.You have to change the value of app:theme of the Toolbar tag

• For Black Toolbar Title and Black Up arrow, your toolbar should implement following theme:

app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"

• For White Toolbar Title and White Up arrow, your toolbar should implement following theme:

app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat"

Answer 3

I am using <style name="BaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar> theme in my android application and in NoActionBar theme, colorControlNormal property is used to change the color of navigation icon default Back button arrow in my toolbar

styles.xml

<style name="BaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
  <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/your_color</item> 
</style>

Answer 4

To style the Toolbar on Android 21+ it's a bit different.

<style name="DarkTheme.v21" parent="DarkTheme.v19">
        <!-- toolbar background color -->
        <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@color/color_primary_blue_dark</item>
        <!-- toolbar back button color -->
        <item name="toolbarNavigationButtonStyle">@style/Toolbar.Button.Navigation.Tinted</item>
    </style>

    <style name="Toolbar.Button.Navigation.Tinted" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar.Button.Navigation">
        <item name="tint">@color/color_white</item>
    </style>

Answer 5

You don't have to change style for it. After setting up your toolbar as actionbar, You can code like this

android.getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
android.getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.back);
//here back is your drawable image

But You cannot change color of back arrow by this method