

This means you only need to update and maintain your vector asset for your app project and Android Studio can take care of image conversion process. Once you have a vectorDrawable image in your res/drawable, the Gradle plugin will automatically generate raster PNG images for API level 20 and below during build time. We are also excited to offer backwards compatibility for your vector assets in Android Studio 1.4. ), you can now use the new Vector Asset Studio by right-clicking the res/drawable folder in your project and selecting New → Vector Asset from the content menu. If you update your Gradle Android plugin to 1.4.0-beta3 (or higher) in the project structure dialogue or your project adle file ( ':gradle:1.4.0-beta3'

With Android Studio 1.4, we are making the process of importing SVG images or Material icons much easier. For most apps, using VectorDrawables decreases the amount of density dependent drawables you need to maintain, and will also give you sharp image assets regardless of the screen device densities your app supports.

Starting with API 21, you can use Vector Drawables for image assets. New Features in Android Studio 1.4 Design Tools The beta version of the Gradle plugin (1.4.0-beta3 ) is available today on jcenter with the final version coming in the next few weeks. vector assets) require you to use Gradle Plugin 1.4 for your app project. However we have a handful of new features that we hope you enjoy and integrate into your workflow. Most of the work and enhancements for Android Studio 1.4 are under the hood. Today we are releasing the 1.4 update to the Android Studio stable release channel.
