035: Vector drawables for Android

In this mini Fragment we touch base on all the things you need to know about Vector drawables for Android development. How one can use it today, the recommended usage for vector drawable and formats, the limitations and everything else you need to know as an Android developer. Show Notes Vector Drawable [developer.android.com] Trello's Victor [github.com] What's our Vector Victor [youtube.com] Android Studio 1.4 release (with Vector Asset Studio announcement) [android-developers.blogspot.com] Support library announcements Android Support Library v23.2 [android-developers.blogspot.com] Vector Drawable backported Ian Lake also gives us the instructions in this post 9% of AAR saved on AppCompat [chris.banes.me] Android Support v23.3.1 announced [plus.google.com] Vector Asset Studio [developer.android.com] Animated Vector Drawable AnimatedVectorDrawable [developer.android.com] Chiuki on Animated Vector Drawables [sqisland.com] Road Runner library [github.com] see youtube demo [youtube.com] Problems: Dan Lew's SVG test project [github.com] bug report on no gradient support for vectors [code.google.com] Vector format restrictions : Vector Asset Studio [developer.android.com] Better conversation tool svg2android - Juraj Novák [inloop.github.io] Other references: Mark Allison - Vector Drawable Part 1 [stylingandroid.com] Mark Allison - Vectors for all (Almost) [stylingandroid.com] Using Android Vector Drawable [code.tutsplus] Sponsor Rollbar - special offer: Bootstrap plan free for 90 days Contact @fragmentedcast [twitter.com] @donnfelker [twitter.com] @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]