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Malwinder Singh
Malwinder Singh

Reputation: 7060

XmlPullParserException: invalid drawable tag vector

I am using NDK support and getting this error:

Gradle:

Distribution: gradle-2.5-all

Build tool: gradle-experimental:0.2.1

XML:

    <vector android:height="24dp" android:viewportHeight="125.0"
android:viewportWidth="100.0" android:width="24dp" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<path android:fillColor="#FF000000" android:pathData="M97.01,-2.98,-3C47.02,95.35"/>
</vector>

Warning:

vector requires API level 21 (current min is 13) or building with Android Gradle plugin 1.4 or higher

Exception:

  FATAL EXCEPTION: main
 android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/accelerometer.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f020045
 at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2842)
 at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:1521)

...
Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #1: invalid drawable tag vector
 at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:917)
 at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:858)

Upvotes: 16

Views: 10689

Answers (3)

Mladen Rakonjac
Mladen Rakonjac

Reputation: 9812

If it is not working just for Pre-Lollipop, add this in your Activity 

static {
    AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
}

Upvotes: 3

Brian Begun
Brian Begun

Reputation: 539

I found a rather interesting workaround to this. If you set the background to a drawable file that contains the xml drawable then the exception/crash goes away.

So create a drawable file that has the following:

<selector
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
     android:drawable="@drawable/your_image_here.xml" />
</selector>

and put the name of this drawable file as the background...

Upvotes: 5

Tyler Howes
Tyler Howes

Reputation: 276

On pre-Lollipop devices you need to use VectorDrawableCompat to get your vector from resources.

 someVectorDrawable = VectorDrawableCompat.create(context.getResources(), R.drawable.[some res id], null);

Then you can set your ImageView's background.

Upvotes: 26

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