[FIXED] How to change iconTint of a specific item in BottomNavigationView

Issue

I am trying to change the iconTint of the favorites menuItem in the bottomNavigationView.

To achieve so, I've tried the following:

• Creating a selector with colors
• Creating a selector with drawables
• Programatically setting icon drawable
• programatically setting iconItemTint of bottomNavigationView to null
• Using colored icon drawables, instead of iconItemTint
• Setting the icon of favorites to the drawable selector
• Setting the background of favorites to the desired color
• Setting iconTint of favorites to desired color

None of the above solutions worked for me. Then I figured that it might be because I'm using com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView instead of android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView

My bottomNavigationView

    <com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
        android:id="@+id/bottom_navigation"
        app:labelVisibilityMode="labeled"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
        app:itemTextColor="#232323"
        app:menu="@menu/bottom_nav_menu" />

My bottom_nav_menu

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    ...
    <item
        android:title="Favorites"
        android:id="@+id/btn_favorites"
        android:enabled="true"
        android:background="@color/red_heart"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_favorite_red"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
   ...

Here is a screenshot of my app:

The selected color is blue for all menuItems. I want the favorites to have the color #ff4444 (pale red) when selected.

Solution

 <android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
        android:id="@+id/navigation"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="56dp"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom"
        android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"
        app:itemTextColor="@color/bootom_text_color"
        app:itemIconTint="@color/bootom_text_color"
        android:background="@color/bottom_color"
        app:elevation="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation" />

create colour.xml in values

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_checked="true" android:color="#FFFF00" />
    <item android:color="@color/white"  /> </selector>

Answered By - Tarun Umath
Answer Checked By - Senaida (JavaFixing Volunteer)