The App will show the usage of Vector Drawable. To really understand the usage of Vector Drawable we will create an app. In this tutorials we will learn how to create Vector Drawable. This also not save space but also simplifies maintenance. With Vector Drawable you need to create image only once as an xml file and you can scale it for all dpi and for different devices. Now there is no need to design different size image for mdpi, hdpi,xhdpi and etc.

This take more time to create extra assets and consume more space that increases the Apk size. Before the Addition of Vector Drawable in Android SDK, developer had to create multiple version of images for different display resolutions. In Android Vector Drawable are created with XML files.

, vector graphics are a way of describing graphical elements using geometric shapes. What is Vector Drawable ?Īs the name implies, vector drawables are based on vector graphics, as opposed to raster graphics. But this component only works on API 21+, with the arrival of Android Support Library AppCompat v23.2 Vector Drawable now provides great backward compatibility to Drawable Images for API 7+ device. With the release of Android lollipop (API 21) a new component was included named Vector Drawable. With the Arrival of the new version of the Android Support Library AppCompat v23.2, it comes up with backward compatibility of some features and add some new features also.

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