Easiest way to use SVG in Android?

Question

I have found a myriad of libraries in order to use svg in Android and avoid the frustrating creation of different resolutions and dropping files for each resolution, this be

Answer 1

UPDATE: DO NOT use this old answer, better use this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39266840/4031815

Ok after some hours of research I found svg-android to be quite easy to use, so I'm leaving here step by step instructions:

1. download lib from: https://code.google.com/p/svg-android/downloads/list Latest version at the moment of writing this is: svg-android-1.1.jar

2. Put jar in lib dir.

3. Save your *.svg file in res/drawable dir (In illustrator is as easy as pressing Save as and select svg)

4. Code the following in your activity using the svg library:

   ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imgView);
   SVG svg = SVGParser.getSVGFromResource(getResources(), R.drawable.example);
   //The following is needed because of image accelaration in some devices such as samsung
   imageView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
   imageView.setImageDrawable(svg.createPictureDrawable());
   

You can reduce boilerplate code like this

Very easy I made a simple class to contain past code and reduce boilerplate code, like this:

import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;

import com.larvalabs.svgandroid.SVG;
import com.larvalabs.svgandroid.SVGParser;

public class SvgImage {

    private static ImageView imageView;
    private Activity activity;
    private SVG svg;
    private int xmlLayoutId;
    private int drawableId;


    public SvgImage(Activity activity, int layoutId, int drawableId) {
        imageView = (ImageView) activity.findViewById(layoutId);
        svg = SVGParser.getSVGFromResource(activity.getResources(), drawableId);
        //Needed because of image accelaration in some devices such as samsung
        imageView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
        imageView.setImageDrawable(svg.createPictureDrawable());
    }
}

Now I can call it like this in activity:

    SvgImage rainSVG = new SvgImage(MainActivity.this, R.id.rainImageView, R.drawable.rain);
    SvgImage thunderSVG = new SvgImage(MainActivity.this, R.id.thunderImageView, R.drawable.thunder);
    SvgImage oceanSVG = new SvgImage(MainActivity.this, R.id.oceanImageView, R.drawable.ocean);
    SvgImage fireSVG = new SvgImage(MainActivity.this, R.id.fireImageView, R.drawable.fire);
    SvgImage windSVG = new SvgImage(MainActivity.this, R.id.windImageView,R.drawable.wind);
    SvgImage universeSVG = new SvgImage(MainActivity.this, R.id.universeImageView,R.drawable.universe);