Dark icons on dark theme in notification area (v3.14.1)

Thanks, maybe you have already done it, but have you checked these links:

http://stackoverflow.com/q/21647759

http://stackoverflow.com/a/12339924

I'm on KitKat so the API version should be greater than 11.

Hello, thanks for the link, but it won't help here. They discuss about known methods how to change icons based on theme of application. But in this case, I need to know color (theme) defined for rest of system and not own application.

Yes, you're right, the URLs were wrong sorry.

I've done further searches and it seems that Android also has the action buttons icons white, surrounded by a gray border. Probably because they cannot inherit the theme of the device, as you said.

I've modified the sample project available HERE in this way:

1. package com.example;
2. import android.os.Bundle;
3. import android.app.Activity;
4. import android.app.Notification;
5. import android.app.Notification.Builder;
6. import android.app.NotificationManager;
7. import android.app.PendingIntent;
8. import android.content.Context;
9. import android.view.Menu;
10. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
11. private NotificationManager notificationManager;
13. @Override
14. public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
15. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
16. setContentView(R.layout.main);
18. notificationManager = getNotificationManager();
20. Builder build = new Notification.Builder(this)
21. .setContentTitle("Notification Example")
22. .setContentText("Example text")
23. .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_search)
24. .setPriority(Notification.PRIORITY_HIGH)
25. .addAction(android.R.drawable.ic_media_pause, "Pause!",
26. PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0,getIntent(), 0, null));
27. notificationManager.notify(0, build.build());
28. }
29. private NotificationManager getNotificationManager() {
30. return (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
31. }
33. @Override
34. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
35. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
36. return true;
37. }
38. }

As you can see, I'm using the Android built-in icon android.R.drawable.ic_media_pause as action button with a text "Pause!" (line 27).

The icon appears like this:

Then I compiled the APK and launched it on my Note 4 with KitKat. Here's the result:

The same APK, when running in a Note 4 of a friend with Lollipop appears in this different way:

So it seems that white is replaced by the accent color, while gray remains the same.

I hope this helps you!

Bye

Hi,

hmm thank you very much for such tests!! Seems you are correct. I've changed these icons to completely white color and they are now drawn on my device as dark grey, so tinted correctly by theme. Very interesting. Also useful information with system media icons, which I'll use rather then own PNG icons.

So double-thanks! Will be fixed in next version.