You can achieve coloring the drawableleft on a button with this method:
Step 1:
Create a drawable resource file with bitmap as parent element as shown below and name it
as ic_action_landscape.xml under the drawable folder
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:src="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30938620/@android:drawable/ic_btn_speak_now"
android:tint="@color/white" />
Step 2:
Create your Button control in your layout as below
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:backgroundTint="@color/md_light_green_500"
android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_action_landscape"
android:drawablePadding="8dp"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
android:stateListAnimator="@null"
android:text="@string/drawer_quizzes"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="12dp" />
The button gets the drawable from the ic_action_landscape.xml from the drawable folder instead of @android:drawable or drawable png(s).
Method 2:
Step 1:
You can even add the icon as a Action Bar and Tab icons with Foreground as Image
that can be imported from a custom location or a Clipart
Step 2:
Under Theme dropdown select Custom
Step 3:
Then select the color as #FFFFFF in the Foreground color selection.
Finally finish the wizard to add the image, then add the drawable as an image.
