What is the best solution to use one icon with differents colors in android?

Question

I've tried to use icons with svg format with svg-android but it doesn't work. I've create a drawable from a the svg file and use it for a ImageView ImageResource but the image is invisible. So How can i do that with svg-android? or with a different way?

Here an exemple for icons that i want to use:

I want to use it with SVG format because i want to use the same icon with another color.

Here my XML file:

<ImageView
            android:id="@+id/home_desc_butt"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"

            />

Here My onCreateView:

public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
        Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_campaign_details, container, false);
    home_desc_butt = (ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.home_desc_butt);
    SVG svg = SVGParser.getSVGFromResource(rootView.getResources(), R.raw.icon_house_alt);
    Drawable drawable = svg.createPictureDrawable();
     home_desc_butt.setImageDrawable(drawable);

}

Answer 1

If you really need to use SVG for your icons then there are a few libraries out there which might help:

Google has a library AndroidSVG for this which you can use : https://code.google.com/p/svg-android/wiki/Tutorial

However it would recommend cutting these assets in photoshop.

Svgs can be quite slow and might not look great on devices with higher pixel densities..

Answer 2

I found an alternative solution to colorize my icons without using svg-android library:

ColorFilter filter = new LightingColorFilter( Color.RED, Color.RED);
    home_desc_butt.setColorFilter(filter);

That works perfectly.