Android Selector Drawable with VectorDrawables srcCompat

Question

I\'m facing a problem with the new backward compatibility with VectorDrawables. In the Support Library 23.2 was a new feature for backward compatibility with Android VectorD

Answer 1

I suggest this workaround to make the color change based on state: Set a normal, white VectorDrawable, and have the tint have the color selector.

This was tested to work even on emulator with Android API 16, and it works even if you set "vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true" in gradle, of course.

Example: first view is enabled, and the second is disabled:

MainActivity.kt

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
        disabledSendMessageButton.isEnabled = false
    }
}

res/layout/activity_main.xml

res/color/color_selector.xml

res/drawable/ic_baseline_send_24.xml