How to change color of vector drawable path on button click

Question

With the new android support update, vector drawables get backward compatibility. I have a vector image with various paths. I want the color of the paths to change on click

Answer 1

You can change the color of individual path at runtime, without using reflection.

VectorMaster introduces dynamic control over vector drawables. Each and every aspect of a vector drawable can be controlled dynamically (via Java instances), using this library.

Just add the following dependency in your app's build.gradle

dependencies {
    compile 'com.sdsmdg.harjot:vectormaster:1.0.9'
}

In your case you need a simple color change:

Vector example: your_vector.xml

XML:

Java:

VectorMasterView heartVector = (VectorMasterView) 
findViewById(R.id.your_drawable);

// find the correct path using name
PathModel outline = heartVector.getPathModelByName("outline");

// set the stroke color
outline.setStrokeColor(Color.parseColor("#ED4337"));

// set the fill color (if fill color is not set or is TRANSPARENT, then no fill is drawn)
outline.setFillColor(Color.parseColor("#ED4337"));

From: https://github.com/harjot-oberai/VectorMaster, licensed under MIT.

You have now full control over vector drawables.