How do I change the color of icon of the selected tab of TabLayout?

I found a way that can be easy.

    viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.viewpager);    setupViewPager(viewPager);    tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tabs);    tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(viewPager);    tabLayout.setOnTabSelectedListener(            new TabLayout.ViewPagerOnTabSelectedListener(viewPager) {                @Override                public void onTabSelected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {                    super.onTabSelected(tab);                    int tabIconColor = ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.tabSelectedIconColor);                    tab.getIcon().setColorFilter(tabIconColor, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);                }                @Override                public void onTabUnselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {                    super.onTabUnselected(tab);                    int tabIconColor = ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.tabUnselectedIconColor);                    tab.getIcon().setColorFilter(tabIconColor, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);                }                @Override                public void onTabReselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {                    super.onTabReselected(tab);                }            }    );

This can be done very simply, entirely in xml.

Add one line to your TabLayout in your xml, app:tabIconTint="@color/your_color_selector", as below:

 <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout     android:id="@+id/tab_layout"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     app:tabIconTint="@color/your_color_selector"     app:tabIndicatorColor="@color/selected_color"/>

Then, create a color selector file (named "your_color_selector.xml" above) in res/color directory:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">    <item android:color="@color/selected_color" android:state_selected="true"/>    <item android:color="@color/unselected_color"/></selector>

This assumes you have 2 colors, "selected_color" and "unselected_color" in your colors.xml file.

private void setupTabIcons() {    tabLayout.getTabAt(0).setIcon(tabIcons[0]);    tabLayout.getTabAt(1).setIcon(tabIcons[1]);    tabLayout.getTabAt(2).setIcon(tabIcons[2]);    tabLayout.getTabAt(3).setIcon(tabIcons[3]);    tabLayout.getTabAt(0).getIcon().setColorFilter(Color.GREEN, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);    tabLayout.getTabAt(1).getIcon().setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#a8a8a8"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);    tabLayout.getTabAt(2).getIcon().setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#a8a8a8"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);    tabLayout.getTabAt(3).getIcon().setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#a8a8a8"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);    tabLayout.setOnTabSelectedListener(new TabLayout.OnTabSelectedListener() {        @Override        public void onTabSelected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {            tab.getIcon().setColorFilter(Color.GREEN, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);        }        @Override        public void onTabUnselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {            tab.getIcon().setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#a8a8a8"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);        }        @Override        public void onTabReselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {        }    });}