SplashScreen library uses VectorDrawable instead of VectorDrawableCompat for windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon [263972037]

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Description

pc...@opera.com

created issue #1

Dec 30, 2022 04:00PM

Component used: androidx.core.splashscreen.SplashScreen Version used: 1.0.0 Devices/Android versions reproduced on: Android 5, Android 6

SplashScreen.install method calls android.content.Context.getDrawable on API 21. It, in turn, calls android.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawable.inflate instead of VectorDrawableCompat.inflate.

VectorDrawable does not support some features like gradients, what may lead to a crash (see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53018399/android-invalid-color-state-list-tag-gradient) when inflating the VectorDrawable.

Suggestion: At least enable the users of the library to use VectorDrawableCompat instead of VectorDrawable.

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al...@google.com <al...@google.com> Jan 3, 2023 05:40PM

Reassigned to wi...@google.com.

wi...@google.com <wi...@google.com> Apr 14, 2023 02:30AM

Reassigned to an...@google.com.

da...@gmail.com <da...@gmail.com> #2Sep 4, 2023 07:01AM

Thank you for your feedback! We've revised the error message in https://android.googlesource.com/platform/tools/base/+/3f71d5fdacb08f4baa3bb03105b1b4646428e676 (this link will take some time/days to show up). The new message will point to a website to provide more context instead of showing a code snippet.

ch...@google.com <ch...@google.com> Jul 18, 2024 01:56AM

Reassigned to ch...@google.com.

ap...@google.com <ap...@google.com> #3Jul 18, 2024 08:16AM

Thank you for your patience while our engineering team worked to resolve this issue. A fix for this issue is now available in:

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Canary 6
Android Gradle Plugin 8.9.0-alpha06

We encourage you to try the latest update.

If you notice further issues or have questions, please file a new bug report.

Thank you for taking the time to submit feedback — we really appreciate it!

ch...@google.com <ch...@google.com> Sep 3, 2024 07:11AM

Marked as fixed.

pr...@google.com <pr...@google.com> #4Sep 5, 2024 08:09PM

Ok🙂

ch...@beyls.net <ch...@beyls.net> #5Oct 3, 2024 07:35PM

Tell me if I'm wrong but the OS uses the SplashScreen theme to initially load the vector drawable in the zygote process on API 23+, before the Activity is even launched. At that moment, AppCompat can't be used anyway, so the display would still be incorrect on API 23 if the VD is using features like gradients.