[android] Change fill color on vector asset in Android Studio

Android Studio now supports vector assets on 21+ and will generate pngs for lower versions at compile time. I have a vector asset (from the Material Icons) that I want to change the fill color. This works on 21+, but the generated pngs do not change color. Is there a way to do this?

<vector android:height="48dp" android:viewportHeight="24.0"
android:viewportWidth="24.0" android:width="48dp" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<path android:fillColor="@color/primary" android:pathData="M9,16.17L4.83,12l-1.42,1.41L9,19 21,7l-1.41,-1.41z"/>

Go to you MainActivity.java and below this code
-> NavigationView navigationView = findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
Add single line of code -> navigationView.setItemIconTintList(null);
i.e. the last line of my code

I hope this might solve your problem.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private AppBarConfiguration mAppBarConfiguration;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

        DrawerLayout drawer = findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
        NavigationView navigationView = findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
        navigationView.setItemIconTintList(null);

You can do it.

BUT you cannot use @color references for colors (..lame), otherwise it will work only for L+

<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="#FFAABB"
    android:pathData="M15.5,14h-0.79l-0.28,-0.27C15.41,12.59 16,11.11 16,9.5 16,5.91 13.09,3 9.5,3S3,5.91 3,9.5 5.91,16 9.5,16c1.61,0 3.09,-0.59 4.23,-1.57l0.27,0.28v0.79l5,4.99L20.49,19l-4.99,-5zm-6,0C7.01,14 5,11.99 5,9.5S7.01,5 9.5,5 14,7.01 14,9.5 11.99,14 9.5,14z"/>

Add this library to the Gradle to enable color vector drawable in old android Devices.

compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:26.0.0-alpha1'

and re sync gradle. I think it will solve the problem.

If the vectors are not showing individually set colors using fillColor then they may be being set to a default widget parameter.

Try adding app:itemIconTint="@color/lime" to activity_main.xml to set a default color type for the widget icons.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    tools:openDrawer="start">

    <include
        layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
        app:itemIconTint="@color/lime"
        app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

VectorDrawable @ developers.android

Currently the working soloution is android:fillColor="#FFFFFF"

Nothing worked for me except hard coding in the vector

<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:width="24dp"
    android:height="24dp"
    android:viewportWidth="24.0"
      android:fillColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:viewportHeight="24.0">
<path
    android:fillColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:pathData="M15.5,14h-0.79l-0.28,-0.27C15.41,12.59 16,11.11 16,9.5 16,5.91 13.09,3 9.5,3S3,5.91 3,9.5 5.91,16 9.5,16c1.61,0 3.09,-0.59 4.23,-1.57l0.27,0.28v0.79l5,4.99L20.49,19l-4.99,-5zm-6,0C7.01,14 5,11.99 5,9.5S7.01,5 9.5,5 14,7.01 14,9.5 11.99,14 9.5,14z"/>

However, fillcolor and tint might work soon. Please see this discussion for more information:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=186431

Also the colors mighr stick in the cache so deleting app for all users might help.

if you look to support old version pre lolipop

use the same xml code with some changes

instead of normal ImageView --> AppCompatImageView

instead of android:src --> app:srcCompat

here is example

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:id="@+id/button"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_more_vert_24dp"
        android:tint="@color/primary" />

dont forget update your gradle as @ Sayooj Valsan mention

// Gradle Plugin 2.0+  
 android {  
   defaultConfig {  
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true  
   }  
 }  

 compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'

Notice To any one use vector dont ever ever never give your vector reference to color like this one android:fillColor="@color/primary" give its hex value .

To change vector image color you can directly use android:tint="@color/colorAccent"

<ImageView
        android:id="@+id/ivVectorImage"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_account_circle_black_24dp"
        android:tint="@color/colorAccent" />

To change color programatically

ImageView ivVectorImage = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ivVectorImage);
ivVectorImage.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary));

For those not using an ImageView, the following worked for me on a plain View (and hence the behaviour should replicate on any kind of view)

<View
    android:background="@drawable/ic_reset"
    android:backgroundTint="@color/colorLightText" />

Update: AppCompat support

Other answers suspecting if android:tint will work on only 21+ devices only, AppCompat(v23.2.0 and above) now provides a backward compatible handling of tint attribute.

So, the course of action would be to use AppCompatImageView and app:srcCompat(in AppCompat namespace) instead of android:src(Android namespace).

Here is an example(AndroidX: This is androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView ;)):

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
        android:id="@+id/credits_material_icon"
        android:layout_width="20dp"
        android:layout_height="20dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:scaleType="fitCenter"
        android:tint="#ffd2ee"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_dollar_coin_stack" />

And don't forget to enable vector drawable support in gradle:

vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true 

Android studio now supports vectors pre-lollipop. No PNG conversion. You can still change your fill color and it will work.

In you ImageView, use

 app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_more_vert_24dp"

In your gradle file,

 // Gradle Plugin 2.0+  
 android {  
   defaultConfig {  
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true  
   }  
 }  

 compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'

As said in other answers, don't edit the vector drawable directly, instead you can tint in java code, like that:

    mWrappedDrawable = mDrawable.mutate();
    mWrappedDrawable = DrawableCompat.wrap(mWrappedDrawable);
    DrawableCompat.setTint(mWrappedDrawable, mColor);
    DrawableCompat.setTintMode(mWrappedDrawable, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

And for the sake of simplicity, I have created a helper class:

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Build;
import android.support.annotation.ColorRes;
import android.support.annotation.DrawableRes;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v4.graphics.drawable.DrawableCompat;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;

/**
 * {@link Drawable} helper class.
 *
 * @author Filipe Bezerra
 * @version 18/01/2016
 * @since 18/01/2016
 */
public class DrawableHelper {
    @NonNull Context mContext;
    @ColorRes private int mColor;
    private Drawable mDrawable;
    private Drawable mWrappedDrawable;

    public DrawableHelper(@NonNull Context context) {
        mContext = context;
    }

    public static DrawableHelper withContext(@NonNull Context context) {
        return new DrawableHelper(context);
    }

    public DrawableHelper withDrawable(@DrawableRes int drawableRes) {
        mDrawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(mContext, drawableRes);
        return this;
    }

    public DrawableHelper withDrawable(@NonNull Drawable drawable) {
        mDrawable = drawable;
        return this;
    }

    public DrawableHelper withColor(@ColorRes int colorRes) {
        mColor = ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, colorRes);
        return this;
    }

    public DrawableHelper tint() {
        if (mDrawable == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("É preciso informar o recurso drawable pelo método withDrawable()");
        }

        if (mColor == 0) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("É necessário informar a cor a ser definida pelo método withColor()");
        }

        mWrappedDrawable = mDrawable.mutate();
        mWrappedDrawable = DrawableCompat.wrap(mWrappedDrawable);
        DrawableCompat.setTint(mWrappedDrawable, mColor);
        DrawableCompat.setTintMode(mWrappedDrawable, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

        return this;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public void applyToBackground(@NonNull View view) {
        if (mWrappedDrawable == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("É preciso chamar o método tint()");
        }

        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
            view.setBackground(mWrappedDrawable);
        } else {
            view.setBackgroundDrawable(mWrappedDrawable);
        }
    }

    public void applyTo(@NonNull ImageView imageView) {
        if (mWrappedDrawable == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("É preciso chamar o método tint()");
        }

        imageView.setImageDrawable(mWrappedDrawable);
    }

    public void applyTo(@NonNull MenuItem menuItem) {
        if (mWrappedDrawable == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("É preciso chamar o método tint()");
        }

        menuItem.setIcon(mWrappedDrawable);
    }

    public Drawable get() {
        if (mWrappedDrawable == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("É preciso chamar o método tint()");
        }

        return mWrappedDrawable;
    }
}

To use just do the following:

    DrawableHelper
            .withContext(this)
            .withColor(R.color.white)
            .withDrawable(R.drawable.ic_search_24dp)
            .tint()
            .applyTo(mSearchItem);

Or:

    final Drawable drawable = DrawableHelper
            .withContext(this)
            .withColor(R.color.white)
            .withDrawable(R.drawable.ic_search_24dp)
            .tint()
            .get();

    actionBar.setHomeAsUpIndicator(drawable);