diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/mpiannucci/reactnativecontextmenu/ContextMenuView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/mpiannucci/reactnativecontextmenu/ContextMenuView.java
index c6f5b9a..a166b05 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/mpiannucci/reactnativecontextmenu/ContextMenuView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/mpiannucci/reactnativecontextmenu/ContextMenuView.java
@@ -216,9 +216,16 @@ private void createContextMenuSubMenu(Menu menu, ReadableMap action, ReadableArr
             spannableTitle.setSpan(new CustomTypefaceSpan("", customFont), 0, title.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);
         }
 
-        Menu parentMenu = menu.addSubMenu(spannableTitle);
+        // Explicit order (matching createContextMenuAction) so the submenu is inserted at index i
+        // in the menu's internal item list; addSubMenu(title) alone defaults order to 0, which
+        // shifts the submenu to the front and makes menu.getItem(i) below target the wrong item.
+        Menu parentMenu = menu.addSubMenu(Menu.NONE, Menu.NONE, i, spannableTitle);
 
         @Nullable Drawable icon = getResourceWithName(getContext(), action.getString("icon"));
+        if (action.hasKey("iconColor") && icon != null) {
+            int color = Color.parseColor(action.getString("iconColor"));
+            icon.setTint(color);
+        }
         menu.getItem(i).setIcon(icon);  // set icon to current item.
 
         for (int j = 0; j < childActions.size(); j++) {