I am attempting to use vector drawables in my Android app. From http://developer.android.com/training/material/drawables.html (emphasis mine):
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For me the reason that caused vectors to be converted to png was android:fillType="evenodd" attribute in my vector drawable. When I removed all occurrences of this attribute in my drawable (therefor the default nonzero fill type applied to the vector), next time the app was built everything was fine.