Deprecated

VectorDrawables are supported in DataBinding natively since AGP 4.0.0.

DataBindingCompat

A Gradle plugin that adds support for VectorDrawableCompat to the Data Binding Library.

Why?

The Data Binding Library supports resources in binding expressions, and drawable resources in particular.

  <ImageView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:src="@{condition ? @drawable/image1 : @drawable/image2}" />

But if your project uses support vector drawables you're in a big trouble.

android {  
  defaultConfig {  
    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true  
  }  
} 

Unfortunately, the Data Binding Library doesn't call AppCompatResources.getDrawable() when loading drawables, so the binding above will throw an exception at runtime on pre-Lollipop devices. DataBindingCompat solves this issue and all you need to do is just to apply the Gradle plugin.

Usage

buildscript {
  repositories {
    jcenter()
  }

  dependencies {
    classpath 'io.michaelrocks:databindingcompat:1.1.7'
  }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'io.michaelrocks.databindingcompat'

How it works

When you use a drawable resource in a binding expression the Data Binding Library inflates this drawable by calling the ViewDataBinding.getDrawableFromResource() method. The DataBindingCompat plugin patches ViewDataBinding class at compile time and replaces the implementation of getDrawableFromResource() with an invocation of AppCompatResources.getDrawable(). The same transformation the plugin does with the ViewDataBinding.getColorStateListFromResource() method. And that's it.

ViewDataBinding before patching:

protected static Drawable getDrawableFromResource(View view, int resourceId) {
  if (VERSION.SDK_INT >= VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
    return view.getContext().getDrawable(resourceId);
  } else {
    return view.getResources().getDrawable(resourceId);
  }
}

protected static ColorStateList getColorStateListFromResource(View view, int resourceId) {
  if (VERSION.SDK_INT >= VERSION_CODES.M) {
    return view.getContext().getColorStateList(resourceId);
  } else {
    return view.getResources().getColorStateList(resourceId);
  }
}

ViewDataBinding after patching:

protected static Drawable getDrawableFromResource(View view, int resourceId) {
  return AppCompatResources.getDrawable(view.getContext(), resourceId));
}

protected static ColorStateList getColorStateListFromResource(View view, int resourceId) {
  return AppCompatResources.getColorStateList(view.getContext(), resourceId));
}

License

Copyright 2017 Michael Rozumyanskiy

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.