Android vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true is stopping app

Question

If I use vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true in gradle then run the app it stopped unfortunately. If I remove vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true the app works.

My gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
    defaultConfig {
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
        applicationId "com.helikanon.firstapp"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 25
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:25.1.0'
    compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.1.0'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.4.0'
    compile 'uk.co.chrisjenx:calligraphy:2.2.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:10.0.1'
}

The errors :

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.helikanon.firstapp/com.helikanon.firstapp.activities.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #62: Error inflating class Button
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2059)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
                      at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
                      at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
                      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
                      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
                      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
                      at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
                   Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #62: Error inflating class Button
                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:704)
                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
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The app is crashing when I use Api 16 and Api 19 but When I use Api 23 it works.

Answer 1

You cannot use Vector Drawables in any other views except ImageView in pre-lollipop.

Please see this SO Answer by google developer advocate.

For AppCompat users, we’ve decided to remove the functionality which let you use vector drawables from resources on pre-Lollipop devices due to issues found in the implementation in version 23.2.0/23.2.1 [ https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=205236, https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=204708 ]. Using app:srcCompat and setImageResource() continues to work.

If you want to use the Vector Drawables pre-lollipop, use can set it programatically by converting it into a drawable.

Drawable drawable;

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
     drawable = context.getResources().getDrawable(drawableResId, context.getTheme());
} else {
     drawable = VectorDrawableCompat.create(context.getResources(), drawableResId, context.getTheme());
}

button.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(drawable, null, null, null);