Set Background Color of Navigation Drawer

Question

I wanted to set the background color of my Navigation drawer in java but it seems as setBackgroundColor and all similar methods have no effect. Only the XML line android:background="@color/mycolor" is working. If remove the xml line and try one of the methods the drawer just stays transparent.

Any ideas?

What do you mean ? The view that comes from the left ? It takes the color of the view you put inside, so what is the problem ? — Stephane Mathis, Jun 13 '13 at 17:31
Sorry guys for not putting the code up there. I just solved my issue. Thanks anyways :D — mike.b93, Jun 13 '13 at 17:34

score 92 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '15 at 08:24

In your activity_main.xml include the following

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/navigation_view"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    app:headerLayout="@layout/navigation_drawer_header"
    app:menu="@menu/menu_drawer"
    android:background="@color/color_navigation_list_background"
    app:itemIconTint="@color/color_selector_navigation_item"
    app:itemTextColor="@color/color_selector_navigation_item"/>

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 21 '17 at 15:36

I just solved my own problem.

I totally forgot that it's not the DrawerLayout I want to set the background to, but the ListView inside.

I admit I made it somewhat hard for you guys without adding code to my post -.-'

So instead of:

private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
(...)
mDrawerLayout.setBackgroundResource(int);

I had to do this:

private ListView mDrawerList;
(...)
mDrawerList.setBackgroundResource(int);

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '18 at 13:12

4

cast your navigation drawer to navigationView and do as follows

 navigationView.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimaryDark));

answered Aug 07 '18 at 13:12

Al Walid Ashik

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how to you set the background color of each menu item to different colors? – justdan0227 Nov 29 '18 at 16:10

Set Background Color of Navigation Drawer

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