I do as in this article Android Support Library 23.2 * Gradle Plugin 1.5
In API 23 everything works, in API 16 it produces the following errors:
04-10 12:32:24.097: E/dalvikvm(1039): Could not find class 'android.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawable', referenced from method android.support.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat.isRunning 04-10 12:32:24.097: E/dalvikvm(1039): Could not find class 'android.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawable', referenced from method android.support.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat.start 04-10 12:32:24.097: E/dalvikvm(1039): Could not find class 'android.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawable', referenced from method android.support.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat.stop 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): Exception while inflating <animated-vector> 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid int: "M300,70 l 0,-70 70,70 0,0 -70,70z" 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at java.lang.Integer.invalidInt(Integer.java:138) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at java.lang.Integer.parse(Integer.java:375) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:366) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at com.android.internal.util.XmlUtils.convertValueToInt(XmlUtils.java:123) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.content.res.TypedArray.getInt(TypedArray.java:254) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.animation.AnimatorInflater.loadAnimator(AnimatorInflater.java:258) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.animation.AnimatorInflater.loadObjectAnimator(AnimatorInflater.java:161) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.animation.AnimatorInflater.createAnimatorFromXml(AnimatorInflater.java:117) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.animation.AnimatorInflater.createAnimatorFromXml(AnimatorInflater.java:126) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.animation.AnimatorInflater.createAnimatorFromXml(AnimatorInflater.java:93) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.animation.AnimatorInflater.loadAnimator(AnimatorInflater.java:72) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat.inflate(AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat.java:377) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat.createFromXmlInner(AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat.java:162) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager$AvdcInflateDelegate.createFromXmlInner(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:865) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.loadDrawableFromDelegates(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:320) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:195) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:190) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageHelper.loadFromAttributes(AppCompatImageHelper.java:49) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView.<init>(AppCompatImageView.java:65) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView.<init>(AppCompatImageView.java:53) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:106) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.createView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:972) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.onCreateView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:1031) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v4.view.LayoutInflaterCompatHC$FactoryWrapperHC.onCreateView(LayoutInflaterCompatHC.java:44) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:675) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:276) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at s99.vectoranimationtest.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:16) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5008) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2023) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AvdcInflateDelegate(1039): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{s99.vectoranimationtest/s99.vectoranimationtest.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #19: Error inflating class ImageView 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2059) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #19: Error inflating class ImageView 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:704) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:276) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at s99.vectoranimationtest.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:16) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5008) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2023) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): ... 11 more 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/avd.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f02004b 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1918) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:659) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.TintResources.superGetDrawable(TintResources.java:55) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.onDrawableLoadedFromResources(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:391) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.TintResources.getDrawable(TintResources.java:48) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(ContextCompat.java:323) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:197) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:190) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageHelper.loadFromAttributes(AppCompatImageHelper.java:49) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView.<init>(AppCompatImageView.java:65) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView.<init>(AppCompatImageView.java:53) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:106) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.createView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:972) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.onCreateView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:1031) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.support.v4.view.LayoutInflaterCompatHC$FactoryWrapperHC.onCreateView(LayoutInflaterCompatHC.java:44) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:675) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): ... 21 more 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #2: invalid drawable tag animated-vector 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:877) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:818) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1915) 04-10 12:32:24.101: E/AndroidRuntime(1039): ... 36 more ImageView:
<ImageView android:id="@+id/text_view" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" app:srcCompat="@drawable/avd"/> avd.xml:
<animated-vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:drawable="@drawable/vectordrawable" tools:ignore="NewApi"> <target android:name="rotationGroup" android:animation="@anim/rotation" /> <target android:name="v" android:animation="@anim/path_morph" /> </animated-vector> vectordrawable.xml:
<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:height="64dp" android:width="64dp" android:viewportHeight="600" android:viewportWidth="600" > <group android:name="rotationGroup" android:pivotX="300.0" android:pivotY="300.0" android:rotation="45.0" > <path android:name="v" android:fillColor="#000000" android:pathData="M300,70 l 0,-70 70,70 0,0 -70,70z" /> </group> </vector> rotation.xml:
<objectAnimator xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:duration="6000" android:propertyName="rotation" android:valueFrom="0" android:valueTo="360" /> path_morph.xml:
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <objectAnimator android:duration="3000" android:propertyName="pathData" android:valueFrom="M300,70 l 0,-70 70,70 0,0 -70,70z" android:valueTo="M300,70 l 0,-70 70,0 0,140 -70,0 z" android:valueType="pathType"/> </set> Start animation:
ImageView textView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.text_view); Drawable drawable = textView.getDrawable(); if (drawable instanceof AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat) { ((AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat) drawable).start(); } build.gradle:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application' android { compileSdkVersion 23 buildToolsVersion "23.0.3" defaultConfig { applicationId "s99.vectoranimationtest" minSdkVersion 16 targetSdkVersion 23 versionCode 1 versionName "1.0" generatedDensities = [] } buildTypes { release { minifyEnabled false proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro' } } aaptOptions { additionalParameters "--no-version-vectors" } } dependencies { compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar']) testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12' compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1' compile 'com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:23.2.1' compile 'com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:23.2.1' } 
