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Component used: Splash API Version used: 13 Devices/Android versions reproduced on: Samsung A6 and Pixel 5 emulator

When the image is not an animated vector drawable, the image will be blurry or pixelated. This is regardless of whether the non-animated image is vector or png. First image is an animated vector on the left, and on the right is the same vector without the animation. Here are the drawable xml files used for that image:

animated:

<animated-vector
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:aapt="http://schemas.android.com/aapt">
  <aapt:attr name="android:drawable">
    <vector
        android:name="vector"
        android:width="288dp"
        android:height="288dp"
        android:viewportWidth="288"
        android:viewportHeight="288">
      <path
          android:name="path"
          android:pathData="M 215.25 184.96 C 215.25 ... (etc)"
          android:fillColor="#ffffff"
          android:strokeWidth="1"/>
    </vector>
  </aapt:attr>
  <target android:name="path">
    <aapt:attr name="android:animation">
      <objectAnimator
          android:propertyName="fillColor"
          android:duration="300"
          android:valueFrom="#00000000"
          android:valueTo="#ffffff"
          android:valueType="colorType"
          android:interpolator="@android:interpolator/fast_out_slow_in"/>
    </aapt:attr>
  </target>
</animated-vector>

non-animated:

<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:width="288dp"
    android:height="288dp"
    android:viewportWidth="288"
    android:viewportHeight="288">
  <path
      android:pathData="M 215.25 184.96 C 215.25 ... (etc)"
      android:fillColor="#ffffff"/>
</vector>

theme:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <style name="Theme.MyApplication" parent="android:Theme.Material.Light.NoActionBar" >
        <item name="android:windowSplashScreenBackground">#005288</item>
        <item name="android:windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon">@drawable/android_31_plus_splash_288</item>
        <item name="android:windowSplashScreenBrandingImage">@drawable/android_31_plus_branding_200</item>
    </style>
</resources>

This issue seems to affect google's own apps as well as demonstrated in the second image. Of note, the branding image appears unaffected.