How to inherit the color of the Material You icon? Without Jetpack compose

Question

I want to change the color of my icon according to material You, like a google app, but the color does not change in any way. All unsuccessfully

it should be like this

or it should be like this

according to the applied theme

Answer 1

This process does not require Jetpack Compose at all. Android 13 has official support for themed icons. Just follow their steps here: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/features#themed-app-icons

To follow their example:

1. Create a monochrome version of your app icon

2. Add this to your ic_launcher.xml file, under the <adaptive-icon /> tagset:

   <adaptive-icon>
       <background android:drawable="..." />
       <foreground android:drawable="..." />
       <monochrome android:drawable="@drawable/myicon" />
   </adaptive-icon>
   

3. Add your icon to your manifest:

   <application
       …
       android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
       …>
   </application>
   

Note: If android:roundIcon and android:icon are both in your manifest, you must either remove the reference to android:roundIcon or supply the monochrome icon in the drawable defined by the android:roundIcon attribute.

All of that was pulled directly from the Google developer's example.