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Component used: AppCompat
Version used: 1.2.0, 1.3.0-alpha02
Devices/Android versions reproduced on: PointMobile PM80 running on Android 6.1.0

I have an empty drawable named "ic_empty.xml":
<vector
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:width="12dp"
    android:height="12dp"
    android:viewportWidth="24.0"
    android:viewportHeight="24.0">
    <path />
</vector>

If I set it to a TextView with the "android:drawableStart" attribute it work perfectly on all devices. Recently I got a warning from lint which asked me to switch to "app:drawableStartCompat", doing so make the application crash on some devices.

Stacktrace:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.mycompany.myapp.debug, PID: 9353
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resume activity {com.mycompany.myapp.debug/com.mycompany.myapp.ui.MyActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class TextView
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3103)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3134)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2481)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:150)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
     Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class TextView
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:539)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423)
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.onCreateView(Fragment.java:1909)
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2935)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.createView(FragmentStateManager.java:539)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:276)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStore.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStore.java:112)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1632)
        at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.executeOps(BackStackRecord.java:455)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOps(FragmentManager.java:2389)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:2145)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:2083)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1985)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(FragmentController.java:451)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onResume(FragmentActivity.java:414)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnResume(Instrumentation.java:1259)
        at android.app.Activity.performResume(Activity.java:6361)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3092)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3134) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2481) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:150) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) 
     Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class TextView
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:782)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:704)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:835)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:798)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.onCreateView(Fragment.java:1909) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2935) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.createView(FragmentStateManager.java:539) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:276) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStore.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStore.java:112) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1632) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.executeOps(BackStackRecord.java:455) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOps(FragmentManager.java:2389) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:2145) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:2083) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1985) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(FragmentController.java:451) 
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onResume(FragmentActivity.java:414) 
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnResume(Instrumentation.java:1259) 
        at android.app.Activity.performResume(Activity.java:6361) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3092) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:3134) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2481) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:150) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1344) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) 
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean androidx.core.content.res.ComplexColorCompat.isStateful()' on a null object reference
        at androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat$VFullPath.isStateful(VectorDrawableCompat.java:1960)
        at androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat$VGroup.isStateful(VectorDrawableCompat.java:1665)
        at androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat$VPathRenderer.isStateful(VectorDrawableCompat.java:1413)
        at androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat$VectorDrawableCompatState.isStateful(VectorDrawableCompat.java:1143)
        at androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat.onStateChange(VectorDrawableCompat.java:550)
        at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.setState(Drawable.java:680)
        at androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCommon.setState(VectorDrawableCommon.java:173)
        at an