Android and playing SVG animation

Starting from Android Lollipop (API level 21) it is possible to implement using AnimatedVectorDrawable.

There are also tools that will help to animate vector drawable shapeshifter and blog post from the author of the tool shapeshifter An Introduction to Icon Animation Techniques.

1. Take your SVG image and convert it to a VectorDrawable here

2. Add your downloaded XML file to your project and see how it looks. Heres an example of an VectorDrawable prepared for a rotation and path morph animation:

   <vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:height="64dp" android:width="64dp" android:viewportHeight="600" android:viewportWidth="600" > <group     android:name="rotationGroup"     android:pivotX="300.0"     android:pivotY="300.0"     android:rotation="45.0" >     <path         android:name="v"         android:fillColor="#000000"         android:pathData="M300,70 l 0,-70 70,70 0,0 -70,70z" /> </group>

3 Now create a AnimatedVectorDrawable where you refer to the rotationGroup and path morph in the created VectorDrawable

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><animated-vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:drawable="@drawable/vectordrawable">   <target android:name="rotationGroup" android:animation="@anim/rotation" />   <target android:name="v" android:animation="@anim/path_morph" /></animated-vector>

4 Create two animators for the AnimatedVectorDrawable:

<objectAnimator    android:duration="6000"    android:propertyName="rotation"    android:valueFrom="0"    android:valueTo="360" />

and :

<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">    <objectAnimator        android:duration="3000"        android:propertyName="pathData"        android:valueFrom="M300,70 l 0,-70 70,70 0,0 -70,70z"        android:valueTo="M300,70 l 0,-70 70,0  0,140 -70,0 z"        android:valueType="pathType"/> </set>

(It is also possible to define all this in one file, refer to the docs here)

One way to then start the animation is by getting the drawable from the view and run start().

Use VectorDrawable. if target is under Lollipop use support library.