Unable to add drawable start with SVG to TextView for Android API lowers that 21

Question

I'm trying to use drawable in textView like this

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/svg_ic_profile_logout"
    android:drawablePadding="20dp"
    android:drawableStart="@drawable/svg_ic_profile_logout"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:onClick="@{viewModel.onLogoutClick}"
    android:text="@string/profile_logout"/>

but the icon I using is SVG, it works perfectly fine for API > 21 but got a crash for API level lower than 21.

Someone found the answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35761636/is-it-possible-to-use-vectordrawable-in-buttons-and-textviews-using-androiddraw — theerasan tonthongkam, Nov 14 '17 at 06:06
Follow this StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35761636/is-it-possible-to-use-vectordrawable-in-buttons-and-textviews-using-androiddraw — theerasan tonthongkam, Jul 18 '18 at 07:52
Follow this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35761636/is-it-possible-to-use-vectordrawable-in-buttons-and-textviews-using-androiddraw — theerasan tonthongkam, Jul 18 '18 at 07:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '17 at 04:59

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Add vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true in you app level build.gradle as follows:

  //For Gradle Plugin 2.0+
 android {
   defaultConfig {
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    }
 }

Refer to this guide.

answered Nov 14 '17 at 04:59

islamdidarmd

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I've added, also try to use AppCompatTextView but won't work – theerasan tonthongkam Nov 14 '17 at 05:02
@theerasantonthongkam you are using a real device or emulator ? – islamdidarmd Nov 14 '17 at 05:06
I use real device – theerasan tonthongkam Nov 14 '17 at 05:10
share your crash log – islamdidarmd Nov 14 '17 at 05:11
Solved https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35761636/is-it-possible-to-use-vectordrawable-in-buttons-and-textviews-using-androiddraw – theerasan tonthongkam Nov 14 '17 at 06:07
@theerasantonthongkam, what solution helped you? – CoolMind Aug 23 '18 at 10:36
This https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35761636/is-it-possible-to-use-vectordrawable-in-buttons-and-textviews-using-androiddraw – theerasan tonthongkam Aug 27 '18 at 18:11

CoolMind · Answer 2 · 2019-04-22T13:37:13.873

If your activity extends FragmentActivity, extend AppCompatActivity.
If you have an exception: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #100: Error inflating class TextView having TextView with android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_svg_image", then follow https://stackoverflow.com/a/48146570/2914140.

Set SVG support as described there and wrap your SVG image in selector or layer-list:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_svg_image" />
</selector>

Then change to android:drawableLeft="@drawable/svg_image_selector", where svg_image_selector is an XML created above.

Unable to add drawable start with SVG to TextView for Android API lowers that 21

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