Changing the item text size in navigation view

Question

I am creating a navigation drawer in android and I have added the items in menu_main.xml but I am not able to change the size of the menu items. Below is the code menu_main.xml:

  <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <group android:checkableBehavior="single">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/motel"
        android:title="Motel">
    </item>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/packages"
        android:title="Packages">
    </item>
    </group>
</menu>

What do you mean by size? Do you mean height or width? – Paresh Mayani Oct 15 '15 at 05:01 — Paresh Mayani, Oct 15 '15 at 05:01
I meant the textSize.For example the size of the text Motel – jobin Oct 15 '15 at 05:11 — jobin, Oct 15 '15 at 05:11

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '15 at 05:38

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Create a style and apply it to NavigationView using app:theme

<style name="NavigationViewStyle">
     <item name="android:textSize">20sp</item> <!-- menu item text size-->
     <item name="android:listPreferredItemHeightSmall">40dp</item><!-- menu item height-->
</style>

And then as said, apply this style to NavigationView using app:theme

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
       ...
       ...    
        app:theme="@style/NavigationViewStyle"
       ...
       ...


</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

answered Oct 15 '15 at 05:38

Paresh Mayani

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Thank you paresh.Worked well – jobin Oct 15 '15 at 05:59
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app:theme="@style/NavigationViewStyle" didn't worked and android:theme="@style/NavigationViewStyle" worked. Why is that? – Srikar Reddy Jul 19 '16 at 19:29
@Paresh Mayani Thnx ! but I want specific one item text size increases or decreases – Jun 09 '22 at 12:49

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 16 '16 at 17:44

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Adding on to Paresh's answer above,

Create your own style "NavigationViewStyle" as stated above

<style name="NavigationViewStyle">
     <item name="android:textSize">20sp</item> 
     <item name="android:listPreferredItemHeightSmall">40dp</item>
</style>

Apply it to your menu items

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        .
        .
        app:itemTextAppearance="@style/NavigationViewStyle"
        . />

answered Aug 16 '16 at 17:44

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what about when on different screen sizes, is this automatically changed depending on density? I mean on a tablet the textSize is larger right – Tord Larsen Jul 12 '17 at 14:12

Changing the item text size in navigation view

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