Remove BottomNavigationView labels

Question

Google released new support library v25 with BottomNavigationView

is there any way to remove items labels ?

Answer 1

I hope I am not too late to the party here.

But as of Design Support Library 28.0.0-alpha1 you can use the property

app:labelVisibilityMode="unlabeled"

you can use other values "auto", "labeled" and "selected" as well.

Answer 2

I'd recommend to implement it by yourself as sanf0rd gave in his answer. But AppCompatImageView is not working for me. I've changed it to ImageView. And changed getChildAt to findViewById.

Also I hide all labels of unselected items.

private void centerMenuIcon() {
    BottomNavigationMenuView menuView = getBottomMenuView();
    if (menuView != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < menuView.getChildCount(); i++) {
            BottomNavigationItemView menuItemView = (BottomNavigationItemView) menuView.getChildAt(i);
            TextView smallText = (TextView) menuItemView.findViewById(R.id.smallLabel);
            smallText.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
            //TextView largeText = (TextView) menuItemView.findViewById(R.id.largeLabel);
            ImageView icon = (ImageView) menuItemView.findViewById(R.id.icon);
            FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = (LayoutParams) icon.getLayoutParams();
            params.gravity = Gravity.CENTER;
            menuItemView.setShiftingMode(true);
        }
    }
}