How to change Toolbar home icon color

Question

I am using a android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar and learned from this post how to change the color of the hamburger icon to white, but the up/back arrow remains a dark color when I call

setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

How can I make the arrow white as well?

Here is what my toolbar looks like when I call setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled():

enter image description here

...and here is the relevant portion of my styles.xml file:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#194C5F</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
    <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/WhiteDrawerIconStyle</item>
</style>

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

You can use white arrow png icon and replace with black one. — Surender Kumar, Feb 20 '15 at 02:54
I'm trying to avoid that and just indicate a color as a style... if that's the only way I know I can do it via actionBarDrawerToggle.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.arrow); — Joshua W, Feb 20 '15 at 03:00
...also the png /com.android.support/appcompat-v7/21.0.3/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha.png appears white — Joshua W, Feb 20 '15 at 12:45
@JoshuaWitter Thanks it solved my issue, can you also please help me to detect the click on back button ? here is my question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29138629/action-bar-detect-back-button-click-in-fragment#29138683 — user2056563, Mar 19 '15 at 07:13
@JoshuaWitter even if it is white, it gets tinted. Change the `colorControlNormal` value — osrl, Mar 28 '15 at 16:19

score 265 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '15 at 15:00

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I solved it by editing styles.xml:

<style name="ToolbarColoredBackArrow" parent="AppTheme">
    <item name="android:textColorSecondary">INSERT_COLOR_HERE</item>
</style>

...then referencing the style in the Toolbar definition in the activity:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/main_parent_view"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        app:theme="@style/ToolbarColoredBackArrow"
        app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>

answered Feb 20 '15 at 15:00

Joshua W

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Also you can set `colorControlNormal` instead `android:textColorSecondary` – mbelsky Jun 26 '15 at 04:48
but that will change the entire widget's color right? @mbelsky – Dr. aNdRO Aug 17 '16 at 09:33
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@mbelsky Note that it requires API level 21. – Francisco Romero Aug 25 '16 at 09:14
@Error404 : it's added in API level 1 as u see [here](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#textColorSecondary) – Mohamed Hatem Abdu Apr 10 '17 at 07:04
Hi All, I have tried your code but I am not getting required result. In my toolbar.axml file I am setup theme is android:theme=@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar and in my styles.axml file I have write your given code but navigation bar back button color in no change. – Deepak Sep 15 '17 at 08:02
Does anyone know how to change the colour of the icon on a single fragment instead of doing so globally? – AndroidDevBro Mar 22 '18 at 11:25
@FranciscoRomero `colorControlNormal` doesn't require API level 21 – user25 May 01 '18 at 09:45

osrl · Answer 2 · 2017-02-09T14:35:49.103

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Here is what you are looking for. But this also changes the color of radioButton etc. So you might want to use a theme for it.

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

edited Feb 09 '17 at 14:35

answered Mar 28 '15 at 16:25

osrl

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This should be the accepted answer. This achieves what I was looking for: apply the theme directly to the Toolbar. – Mavamaarten Dec 16 '16 at 09:42
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The parent attribute is very important. – ataravati Jul 17 '19 at 20:23

score 37 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 19 '16 at 19:33

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I solved it programmatically using this code:

final Drawable upArrow = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha);
upArrow.setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(upArrow);

Revision 1:

Starting from API 23 (Marshmallow) the drawable resource abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha is changed to abc_ic_ab_back_material.

edited Mar 19 '16 at 19:33

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answered Nov 01 '15 at 19:06

PayToPwn

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set this one also. `getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);` – Ishan Fernando Aug 08 '16 at 11:40
Would this work in a `Fragment`? If so, where would I put this code into? The `OnCreateView` method, the root of the class, or...? – AndroidDevBro Mar 22 '18 at 11:33
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@AndroidDevBro Yes, just put it in the OnCreate function and remember to update the resource as Nouman Tahir wrote in the revision (using R.drawable.abc_ic_ab_back_material instead of R.drawable.abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha) and getting the SupportActionBar like this: ((AppCompatActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(upArrow); – PayToPwn Mar 22 '18 at 14:30

score 14 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 25 '15 at 10:46

This answer maybe too late, but here is how I do it. Styling the toolbar will do the trick. Create toolbar.xml with following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:local="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
local:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
local:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

and in the styles.xml

<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <!--
    -->
</style>

<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
</style>

Finally, include the toolbar inside layout

<include
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        layout="@layout/toolbar" />

but AppTheme isn't referenced anywhere. is this a typo? – Henry Dec 07 '18 at 08:11 — Henry, Dec 07 '18 at 08:11

score 12 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 05:44

Change your Toolbar Theme to ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/navigation"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark">

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

and set it in activty

mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.navigation);
setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);

I was surprised of the other answers, I always use this method — C. Skjerdal, Feb 07 '19 at 21:11

score 12 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 14 '20 at 13:28

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Here's my solution:

toolbar.navigationIcon?.mutate()?.let {
  it.setTint(theColor)
  toolbar.navigationIcon = it
}

Or, if you want to use a nice function for it:

fun Toolbar.setNavigationIconColor(@ColorInt color: Int) = navigationIcon?.mutate()?.let {
    it.setTint(color)
    this.navigationIcon = it
}

Usage:

toolbar.setNavitationIconColor(someColor)

edited Jun 14 '20 at 13:28

Jéwôm'

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answered Jan 08 '20 at 08:22

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This is by far best answer and it solves my problem – Zaraki596 May 05 '20 at 18:36

score 9 · Answer 7 · answered May 03 '16 at 23:17

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   <!-- ToolBar -->
    <style name="ToolBarTheme.ToolBarStyle"    parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@android:color/white</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
        <item name="android:textColorPrimaryInverse">@color/white</item>
    </style>

Too late to post, this worked for me to change the color of the back button

answered May 03 '16 at 23:17

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No..it would affect the normal text too but not the arrow – Yeung Mar 08 '21 at 05:56

score 8 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 16 '17 at 06:12

Well there is a more easy way to do this

drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.open_drawer, R.string.close_drawer);
arrow = drawerToggle.getDrawerArrowDrawable();

And then

arrow.setColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue);

score 8 · Answer 9 · edited Mar 17 '18 at 05:22

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Instead of style changes, just put these two lines of code to your activity.

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.arrowleft);

edited Mar 17 '18 at 05:22

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answered Dec 29 '17 at 07:55

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score 5 · Answer 10 · edited Mar 17 '18 at 08:34

This code works for me:

public static Drawable changeBackArrowColor(Context context, int color) {
    String resName;
    int res;

    resName = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23 ? "abc_ic_ab_back_material" : "abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha";
    res = context.getResources().getIdentifier(resName, "drawable", context.getPackageName());

    final Drawable upArrow = context.getResources().getDrawable(res);
    upArrow.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

    return upArrow;
}

...

getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(changeBackArrowColor(this, Color.rgb(50, 50, 50)));               
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();

Also, if you want to change the toolbar text color:

Spannable spannableString = new SpannableString(t);
spannableString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.rgb(50, 50, 50)), 0, t.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
toolbar.setText(spannableString);

Working from API 19 through 25.

score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 16 '20 at 20:16

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Try this: Set the toolbar's theme in your layout as follows

android:theme = "@android:style/ThemeOverlay.Material.Dark.ActionBar"

If you want further information

The curious case of the Overflow Icon Color by Martin Bonnin

answered Jul 16 '20 at 20:16

Moreno

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Oct 09 '21 at 03:27

Wasn't able to color it with the solutions here for some reason. But using com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar instead you can use

app:navigationIconTint="@color/black"

See: https://material.io/components/app-bars-top/android#regular-top-app-bar

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 12:10

Instead of using older drawable id "abc_ic_ab_back_material", use the new one abc_ic_ab_back_material in every api version. I have tested it in 19, 21, 27 and working fine with below code and configuration.

minSdkVersion = 17
targetSdkVersion = 26

compileSdkVersion = 27

public static Drawable changeBackArrowColor(Context context, int color) {
int res;
res = context.getResources().getIdentifier("abc_ic_ab_back_material", "drawable", context.getPackageName());
if (res == 0)
    return null;
final Drawable upArrow = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, res);
upArrow.setColorFilter(ContextCompat.getColor(context, color), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

return upArrow;

}

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