How to get a Bitmap from VectorDrawable

Question

I\'m still trying to solve the problem I\'ve had since a couple of days ago and I still have not found a solution. However, I am getting there step by step. Now I h

Answer 1

First of all, you cannot cast VectorDrawable to BitmapDrawable. They don't have a parent-child relationship. They both are direct subclasses of Drawable class.

Now, to get a bitmap from drawable, you will need to create a Bitmap from the drawable metadata.

Probably something like this in a separate method,

try {
    Bitmap bitmap;

    bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);

    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
    drawable.setBounds(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
    drawable.draw(canvas);
    return bitmap;
} catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
    // Handle the error
    return null;
}

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Use Drawable.toBitmap() from AndroidX support library. VectorDrawable is child of Drawable.