Is there a built-in method to add drawable that is not an icon using Android Studio?

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I know that I can right-click on res folder, select "New > Image asset" but while it allows me to select type of added icon it assumes that I want to add an icon.

I know that I can manually generate images and move them into drawble-mdpi, drawable-hdpi, drawable-xhdpi but I assume that it is possible to automate it and supply single image that will be scaled to create lower-resolution versions.

I know about Fast ways to import drawables in Android Studio? but it was not restricted to built-in options and an accepted version is plugin that received last update in 2016 and appears to be no longer maintained - NullPointerException report received no response from maintainer.

@y.allam I want to provide single image that Android Studio will scale to create drawble-mdpi, drawable-hdpi, drawable-xhdpi, rather than manually creating scaled images and copying them into folders. How can I improve second paragraph to clarify this? — reducing activity, Mar 03 '18 at 08:11
i don't know about a good up-to-date tool for Android Studio, but here's a solution that i think is pretty good and needs not much effort to generate scaled drawables https://stackoverflow.com/a/25355105/2553984 — y.allam, Mar 03 '18 at 11:00
This didn't work for you? https://stackoverflow.com/a/31275345/2549850 — Kashan Danish, Mar 07 '18 at 09:52
@MinasMina No, AFAIK there is no point in creating separate SVG for different scales. — reducing activity, Mar 08 '18 at 13:53

reducing activity · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-26T14:17:09.367

Unfortunately after posting and creating a bounty, I found that it was already asked as Is there a way to create xxhdpi, xhdpi, hdpi, mdpi and ldpi drawables from a large scale image?

Therefore Is there a way to create xxhdpi, xhdpi, hdpi, mdpi and ldpi drawables from a large scale image? has some useful options quoted below:

Option #1: Just ship the -xxhdpi drawables and let Android downsample them for you at runtime (downside: will only work on fairly recent devices, where -xxhdpi is known).

Option #2: Automate the process within a graphics editor, per ssantos' answer.

Option #3: Script yourself a solution, using something like ImageMagick

(answers by CommonsWare)

I followed option #3

Is there a built-in method to add drawable that is not an icon using Android Studio?

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