Resource not found exception for vectordrawables

Question

I am using vector drawables programmatically instead of png like :

getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_navigate_before_black_24dp));

Everything is working fine but the app crashes in android 4.2 & below. Am getting the following log

Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: 
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable (Resources.java:2842)
at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable (Resources.java:1521)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate (Activity.java:5326)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate    (Instrumentation.java:1097)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity  (ActivityThread.java:2218)
Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: 
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner (Drawable.java:917)
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml (Drawable.java:858)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable (Resources.java:2839)

I am using gradle 3.0.1 and also added

vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true

still no help.

Please take a look at the accepted answer to this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35633410/appcompat-23-2-use-vectordrawablecompat-with-remoteviews-appwidget-on-api21 — Barns, Jan 22 '18 at 20:05
you have to correct your vector drawable path, if drawable is showing in drawable folder, then clean your project — Farhana Naaz Ansari, Jan 23 '18 at 05:22

Anton Kazakov · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-22T20:00:26.780

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Check vector drawable <path>. Sometimes this happens when <path> tag in XML file is too long.
Try to move your image from drawable to drawable-nodpi.

UPDATE

Try to use AppCompatResources.getDrawable(view.getContext(), id); when getting drawable

edited Jan 22 '18 at 20:00

answered Jan 22 '18 at 19:54

Anton Kazakov

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I am using vectordrawables downloaded from official google material design site. Also the app is working fine in maximum devices except for few like Samsung galaxy s duos, Xiaomi note 2 etc – asish rauto Jan 22 '18 at 19:58
there are just two folders in my res folder 1. drawable 2.drawable-24 – asish rauto Jan 22 '18 at 20:00
@asishrauto so create another folder – Anton Kazakov Jan 22 '18 at 20:01
sure @AntonKazakov – asish rauto Jan 22 '18 at 20:03
Your update worked fine on Android 5, thank you. – casolorz Sep 23 '21 at 22:26

Resource not found exception for vectordrawables

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