MenuItem icon is not displaying correctly in RTL Layouts

Question

In RTL, option menu item icon not displayed correctly!! but in LTR, everything is displayed well and beautifully.

With the help of this command, I make the RTL program

getWindow().getDecorView().setLayoutDirection(View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL);

My menu layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:gravity="start"
    android:layoutDirection="rtl"
    android:layout_gravity="start">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_more"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_add_white_24dp"
        android:title=""
        app:showAsAction="always">
        <menu>
            <item
                android:id="@+id/action_settings"
                android:icon="@drawable/ic_wb_sunny_black_24dp"
                android:title="آیتم شماره 1"/>

            <item
                android:id="@+id/action_settings2"
                android:icon="@drawable/ic_star_black_24dp"
                android:title="آیتم شماره 2"/>

            <item
                android:id="@+id/action_settings3"
                android:icon="@drawable/ic_wb_sunny_black_24dp"
                android:title="آیتم شماره 3"/>
        </menu>
    </item>
</menu>

Please help me to fix this.

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Answer 1

I faced the same problem in RTL layout, If you are using Support Library or AndroidX you can apply this easy fix:

1. In you project create new layout file in res -> layout with this name abc_list_menu_item_icon.xml.

2. Copy the code below to the file in step 1.

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <!-- Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
   
        Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
        you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
        You may obtain a copy of the License at
   
             http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   
        Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
        distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
        WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
        See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
        limitations under the License.
   -->
   
   <ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:id="@+id/icon"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
              android:layout_marginLeft="8dip"
              android:layout_marginRight="-8dip"
              android:layout_marginStart="8dip"
              android:layout_marginEnd="-8dip"
              android:layout_marginTop="8dip"
              android:layout_marginBottom="8dip"
              android:scaleType="centerInside"
              android:duplicateParentState="true"/>