Support library VectorDrawable Resources$NotFoundException

Question

I am using Design Support Library version 23.4.0. I have enabled the gradle flag:

defaultConfig {
    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
}

I am using build tools version 23.0.2, but still, I am getting Resources$NotFoundException on KitKat or lower.

It is occurring when I use android:drawableLeft or imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.drawable_image).

And yes, I am putting this on every activity where I am using drawables

static {
    AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
}

Is this a bug of the support library?

Solution 1

It took 3 separate things for me to get this to work using support library 23.4.0:

1. Add this to build.gradle

   defaultConfig {
       vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
   }
   

2. Add the following to onCreate of your Application class

   AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
   

   (From the reference of this link - "https://stackoverflow.com/a/45582033/10752962")

   In API less then 21,use this line before setContentView();

3. For all XML views in which you are setting a vector drawable replace

   android:src
   

   with

   app:srcCompat
   

   and in the code replace this:

   imageView.setImageResource(...);
   

   with

   imageView.setImageDrawable(...);
   

Solution 2

To complement some of the answers here: backward-compatible support for VectorDrawables comes with a price and doesn't work in all cases.

In which cases does it work? I've made this diagram to help (valid for Support Library 23.4.0 to at least 25.1.0).

Solution 3

We had the same issue. Vector drawables were not visible on Kitkat. I solved this issue by adding AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true); to the onCreate method of Activities.

Before that dont forget to add:

defaultConfig {
    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
}

and call setImageResource for the view that you use the vector drawable. My view is ImageButton. I have Android SDK build tools version 23.0.3

Solution 4

Sorry for being late to the party but this answer may help users who want to enable the flag AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true); for all activities.

1. Create a class which extends to Application (android.app.Application)

public class MyApplicationClass extends Application
{
    @Override
    public void onCreate()
    {
        super.onCreate();
    }
}

2. Head over to Manifest.xml and add the following line to your tag

<application
    android:name=".MyApplicationClass"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
    ...
</application>

3. Add the following code above onCreate in MyApplicationClass.java

// This flag should be set to true to enable VectorDrawable support for API < 21
static
{
    AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
}

Complete code for MyApplicationClass.java

import android.app.Application;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate;

/**
* Created by Gaurav Lonkar on 23-Dec-17.
*/

public class MyApplicationClass extends Application
{
    // This flag should be set to true to enable VectorDrawable support for API < 21
    static
    {
        AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate()
    {
        super.onCreate();
    }
}

Solution 5

defaultConfig {
  vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
}

use this in app.gradle

Then use AppCompatDrawableManager to setDrawable and getDrawable. Works for me

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Comments

[Arka]

Your method setImageDrawable works. But still button drawableLeft not working.

[Arka]

My problem is that even AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true); is not working. The same ResourceNotFound exception.

[Murat]

@Arka you may try calling in onCreate method of Activities.

[Rich Luick]

You should be able to add it to the onCreate of you application class. That seems to be working for me.

[Thupten]

does this apply even if my activity is based on AppCompatActivity? AppCompatActivity already uses AppCompatDelegate.

[Harish Gyanani]

Simply use AppCompatImageView instead of ImageView. Problem solved. No need to keep pngs for lower versions. Even srcCompat is not needed.

[Clive Jefferies]

This causes crashing on older devices.

[Sakiboy]

This doesn't work. Use one of the other answers here instead.

[jmarkstar]

you should have this vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true on your build.gradle and this AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true); on your onCreate of your Application Class or {AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true)‌​; } on your activity. Check the question. He added those lines on his code before he ask

[Someone Somewhere]

I've done steps 1 to 3 (on the 3rd step used app:srcCompat). However, I still see an exception XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #4: invalid drawable tag vector. It looks like the vector tag in the XML is not recognized on this KitKat device ?

[user924]

It DOESN'T work with setImageResource for KitKat (4.4.4) (and lower I guess), only this works stackoverflow.com/a/35918375/7767664

[shadowsheep]

AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true); this was the killer line of code fo me. I had to add that in my application.

[Boy]

why replace setImageResource with seImageDrawable?

[Eric B.]

If you use imageView.setImageResource(...) then AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true) is not needed. Tested with 25.3.1 support library.

[CaptainCrunch]

With the new androidX libs, I only had to use "app:srcCompat" to fix the crash. Everything else stayed the same. Only used the XML. For ref. the ress. was: "@drawable/ic_done_white" that only crashed in 4.4. Thx