android - 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?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17092687/set-background-color-of-navigation-drawer

Answer 1

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"/>