How to set color for imageview in Android

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I want set icon into ImageView and i downloaded icons from this site : FlatIcon
Now i want set color to this icons but when use setBackground just add color for background and not set to icons!
When use NavigationView i can set color to icons with this code : app:itemIconTint="@color/colorAccent".

How can i set color to icons into ImageView such as itemIconTint ? Thanks all <3

Possible duplicate of How to set tint for an image view programmatically in android? — Bö macht Blau
– Bö macht Blau, Commented Jul 29, 2016 at 8:00

Alan Kavanagh · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-25 11:12:48Z

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If you are using an icon maybe this can be useful:

android:tint="@color/colorAccent"

Otherwise you can try to modify the class:

ImageView imageViewIcon = (ImageView) listItem.findViewById(R.id.imageViewIcon);
imageViewIcon.setColorFilter(getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.blue));

More info in this thread: Is it possible to change material design icon color from xml in Android?

edited Oct 25, 2017 at 11:12

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answered Jul 29, 2016 at 8:09

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Mohammad Nouri Over a year ago

is android 4.0 support android:tint="@color/colorAccent" ?

reku Over a year ago

If you see getColor as deprecated you need to do following imageViewIcon.setColorFilter(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.blue));

Gary Chen Over a year ago

In that case, color that has alpha could not be applied. For example, if the color is "#90000000", black color will be applied.

Pavlos Mavris Over a year ago

For me "android:tint="@color/colorAccent" was not working so I use "app:tint="@color/colorAccent"

Sujay · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-29 08:09:46Z

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Use tint attribute of ImageView.

 android:tint="@color/colorAccent"

answered Jul 29, 2016 at 8:09

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Mohammad Nouri Over a year ago

is android 4.0 support android:tint="@color/colorAccent" ?

Louis CAD Over a year ago

@MohammadNouri No, color state lists and resource references in the android:tint attribute are not supported prior to Android 5.0 (API 21)

FractalBob Over a year ago

Actually, the ColorStateList has been around since API v1 :developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/…

Dhara Jani · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-28 10:58:08Z

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 DrawableCompat.setTint(imageView.getDrawable(), ContextCompat.getColor(getApplicationContext(), R.color.white));

answered Feb 28, 2018 at 10:58

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Ignacio Tomas Crespo · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-14 07:31:57Z

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Latest Lint shows a warning using android:tint, recommending to use app:tint, but the tint is not visible until you use it together with app:tintMode. So it looks like this:

app:tint="@color/yourcolor"
app:tintMode="add"

answered Aug 14, 2020 at 7:31

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Hashim Akhtar Over a year ago

In my case, app:tintMode="add" does nothing. Also the effect of app:tint="@color/yourcolor" is also visible at runtime, i.e. cannot see it applied in the designer.

6rchid Over a year ago

If "add" doesn't work you can try other modes

chancyWu · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-14 08:34:38Z

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Use

imageView.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.color_white));

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Shubhamhackz · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-03 05:26:18Z

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Use this tint imageview in android XML

 android:tint="@color/yourcolor"

answered Aug 3, 2017 at 5:26

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Vikrant Singh Rawat · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-20 12:35:54Z

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Just add this line in your image view.

In XML File:-

 android:tint="@color/color_name"

           or


app:tint="@color/color_name"

In Java File:-

imageViewIconName.setColorFilter(getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.color_name));

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Drioueche Mohammed · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-04 11:01:07Z

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You can simply use android:tint, but since there were some issues in some versions.

use AppCompatImageView and it will work fine.

<AppCompatImageView 
        android:tint="@color/your_color" />

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Miguel Vieira · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-08 23:24:45Z

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Just use: ivMyImageView.setColorFilter(ActivityCompat.getColor(context, android.R.color.holo_green_light))

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DavidUps · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-11 15:28:34Z

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app:tint="@color___"

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mohamed hesen · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-26 17:19:52Z

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El0din has answered with "android:tint="@color/colorAccent""

but you will get an error You Have to change "android" to be "app"

answered Jun 26, 2022 at 17:19

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Abhishek Dutt Over a year ago

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Abhishek Dutt Over a year ago

This has already been mentioned in the corresponding comments. No need to add one more answer.

mohamed hesen Over a year ago

Ok I just mentioned there will be an error appeared

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