Is there an easy way to import all the icons of the Material Design icons repository into an android project with out the hazard of doing it manually?
Here is a script that clones the github repository of the material design icons at
https://github.com/google/material-design-icons
and creates an index of all files. It also copies the svg files to subdirectories by category. You can use this as a basis to copy the files your are interested in into your project - just modify the find and cp copy statement to your liking. If you e.g. need the png's at a certain size - they are in neighbouring directories and you need to modify the find and copy command accordingly then.
#!/bin/bash
# WF 2016-06-04
# get google material design icons
# see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28684759/import-material-design-icons-into-an-android-project
tmp=/tmp/icons
index=$tmp/index.html
mkdir -p $tmp
cd $tmp
if [ ! -d material-design-icons ]
then
git clone https://github.com/google/material-design-icons
fi
cat << EOF > $index
<html>
<head>
<head>
<body>
<h1>Google Material Design Icons</h1>
EOF
for icon in `find . -name *.svg | grep production | grep 48`
do
svg=`basename $icon .svg`
category=`echo $icon | cut -f3 -d '/'`
echo $category $svg.svg
mkdir -p $tmp/$category
cp $icon $tmp/$category
echo " <img src='"$icon"' title='"$category $svg"' >" >> $index
done
cat << EOF >> $index
</body>
</html>
EOF
You can use this new plugin for android studio Android Material Design Icon Generator Plugin to help you work with these material icons provided by Google : Google material-design-icons
I found this link helpful for me.
https://dev.materialdesignicons.com/getting-started/android
gradle implementation is available
dependencies {
implementation 'net.steamcrafted:materialiconlib:1.1.5'
}
After adding gradle dependency, you can create menu item this way.
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" <!-- important, you'll have to include this to use the custom xml attributes -->
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" >
<!-- example of a menu item with an icon -->
<item
android:title="Disable Wifi"
app:showAsAction="always"
app:materialIcon="wifi_off" <!-- This sets the icon, HAS AUTOCOMPLETE ;) -->
app:materialIconColor="#FE0000" <!-- Sets the icon color -->
/>
</menu>
Take a look at Vector Asset Studio
Follow these steps to start Vector Asset Studio:
- In Android Studio, open an Android app project.
- In the Project window, select the Android view.
- Right-click the res folder and select New > Vector Asset.
After you open Vector Asset Studio, you can add a material icon as follows:
- Select "Material Icon" (by clicking on the Clip Art: ICON)
- Click Choose
- Select a material icon
On folder drawable
> right click
> new
> vector asset
, then click the icon: