// create new style in themes.xml
<style name="ToolbarTheme" parent="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar"> <!-- Customize color of navigation drawer icon and back arrow --> <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/your_custom_color</item>
</style>
// set this style to the toolbar in the Xml of the activity <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar app:title="Home" app:theme="@style/ToolbarTheme" // this one app:titleTextColor="@color/white" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" android:id="@+id/toolbar" />