<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_camera"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_camera"
        android:title="Import" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_gallery"
        app:actionViewClass="android.widget.TextView"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_gallery"
        android:title="Gallery" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_slideshow"
        app:actionViewClass="android.widget.TextView"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_slideshow"
        android:title="Slideshow" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_manage"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_manage"
        android:title="Tools" />
</group>

//Create these objects above OnCreate()of your main activity
TextView slideshow,gallery;

//These lines should be added in the OnCreate() of your main activity
gallery=(TextView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(navigationView.getMenu().findItem(R.id.nav_gallery));
slideshow=(TextView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(navigationView.getMenu().findItem(R.id.nav_slideshow));

//This method will initialize the count value
initializeCountDrawer();

private void initializeCountDrawer() {
    //Gravity property aligns the text
    gallery.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
    gallery.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
    gallery.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorAccent));
    gallery.setText("99+");
    slideshow.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
    slideshow.setTypeface(null,Typeface.BOLD);
    slideshow.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorAccent));

    //count is added
    slideshow.setText("7");
}

NavigationView navigation = (NavigationView)findViewById(R.id.navigation);
Menu menuNav = navigation.getMenu();
MenuItem element = menuNav.findItem(R.id.item5);
String before = element.getTitle().toString();

String counter = Integer.toString(5);
String s = before + "   "+counter+" ";
SpannableString sColored = new SpannableString( s );

sColored.setSpan(new BackgroundColorSpan( Color.GRAY ), s.length()-3, s.length(), 0);
sColored.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan( Color.WHITE ), s.length()-3, s.length(), 0);


element.setTitle(sColored);