Yes, you can add a colored icon using the menu group items:
<item
android:id="@+id/drawer_artist"
android:icon="@drawable/artist"
android:title="Artists"/>
And to highlight the selected item Use the following code to select by default:
navigationView.getMenu().getItem(0).setChecked(true);
And you can select (highlight) an element by calling
onNavigationItemSelected(navigationView.getMenu().getItem(0));
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, :
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="@+id/navigation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:background="@drawable/bg_all"
app:itemIconTint="@android:color/white"
app:itemTextColor="@android:color/white"
app:theme="@style/list_item_appearance"
app:menu="@menu/drawer_menu" >
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navigationView.setItemIconTintList(null);, .