Android App Crashes while rendering vector asset on API 19 works fine on API above 20

Question

App Crashes while starting MyActivity on Android API level 19 with following code and stack trace. This works fine on Android API level 21 and above.

Vector Asset : ic_warning_white_24px.xml

activity_my.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="8dp"
    tools:context="MyActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:id="@+id/inputLayout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="16dp">

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/editText"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="Hint" />

        </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

        <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@color/colorAccent"
            android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_warning_white_24px"
            android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_warning_white_24px"
            android:gravity="start|center_vertical"
            android:paddingLeft="16dp"
            android:paddingRight="16dp"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@color/white" />

    </LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>

MyActivity.java

public class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);
    }
}

also added following in my build.gradle

defaultConfig {
    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
}

Stacktrace:

Process: MyPackage, PID: 16398 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{MyPackage/MyActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #0: Error inflating class at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2184) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #0: Error inflating class at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:620) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:758) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:287) at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139) at MyActivity.onCreate(MyActivity.java:43) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)  Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:758)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:287)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139)  at MyActivity.onCreate(MyActivity.java:43)  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)  Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/ic_warning_white_24px.xml from drawable resource ID

0x7f080172 at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2096) at

android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:602) at android.widget.TextView.(TextView.java:814) at android.widget.Button.(Button.java:107) at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton.(AppCompatButton.java:71) at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton.(AppCompatButton.java:67) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:758)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:287)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139)  at MyActivity.onCreate(MyActivity.java:43)  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)  Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #0: invalid drawable tag vector at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:933) at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:877) at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2092) at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:602)  at android.widget.TextView.(TextView.java:814)  at android.widget.Button.(Button.java:107)  at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton.(AppCompatButton.java:71)  at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton.(AppCompatButton.java:67)  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:758)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:287)  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139)  at MyActivity.onCreate(MyActivity.java:43)  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Also tried few things

static
{
    AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
}

.

public class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);
    }
}

Answer 1

I had the same problem.

My solution was to add AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true); to

1) Application on create method (if you've):

public class TestApplication extends Application {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
    }
}

2) OR to you specific Acticivity onCreate():

public class TestActivity extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
    }
}

Answer 2

You can't use vector drawables for drawableLeft, drawableRight. Sorry.

also try

        app:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_warning_white_24px"
        app:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_warning_white_24px"

instead of

        android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_warning_white_24px"
        android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_warning_white_24px"

(app vs android)

If AppCompatButton has implemented it, you will be able to use it this way.

see this question Is it possible to use VectorDrawable in Buttons and TextViews using android:DrawableRight?

See this awesome article about vectors AppCompat — Age of the vectors