![]() xml extension and placed in your drawables folder so it can be accessed in your Java source code or layout definition as you would with any other drawable. This VectorDrawable file should be named with an. To do this we need to keep the path and color definitions but replace the formatting. The next step is to convert the XML into Android’s new VectorDrawable format. ![]() The following XML shows the new path objects: To do this we convert each rect definition in the SVG image to use a path definition. Remember only paths are supported in VectorDrawable. If we want to create this same image as an Android VectorDrawable the first thing we need to do is ensure all items are described using paths. The SVG XML source may appear as follows: The above image contains 4 elements three stripes and a star. SVG Images are described using the XML format. We will use this image as to illustrate how to convert an SVG into a VectorDrawable. SVG images such as this can not be converted into a VectorDrawable as it uses LinearGradient in the original source.īelow is a rendered image of the flag of Ghana, it is also rendered from an SVG however as this image doesn’t have a gradient and only includes simple shapes, it is most suitable for conversion to a VectorDrawable. The penguin in the image below (Attribution: Larry Ewing) has been rendered from a SVG image. Case Study: Converting SVG to VectorDrawable If you are looking to use SVG files directly in your Android app take a look at this comparison of 3rd party solutions: This allows us to reformat the XML in some SVG files to convert it into a VectorDrawable XML file. A VectorDrawable is specified through XML, with the format of the path data in the VectorDrawable using the same format as the specification for SVG paths. While it is important to understand that the SVG format is not supported, it doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t convert your existing simple SVG files. VectorDrawable does not support numbers using scientific E notation (as commonly used in SVG).VectorDrawable does not support gradients and patterns.VectorDrawable does not read or support the SVG format.VectorDrawable supports paths using the same definition as the ‘d’ attribute in the SVG format.VectorDrawable is not implemented in the support library, therefore it will only work in Android 5.0+ (VectorDrawable support for older APIs may be coming soon to the support library). ![]() The most important things to understand if you want to implement drawables in your app using VectorDrawable are: With the release of API 21 (Android 5.0) came VectorDrawable. The good news is that the Android SDK now has native support for basic vector graphic definitions. Vector graphics native support has long been on the wishlist of Android developers who have to export their vector graphics as a rasterized PNG file for each different device resolution.
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