How to change color of vector drawable path on button click

With the new android support update, vector drawables get backward compatibility. I have a vector image with various paths. I want the color of the paths to change on click of a button or programmatically based on an input value. Is it possible to access the name parameter of the vector path? And then change the color.


The color of the whole vector can be changed using setTint.

You have to set up your ImageView in your layout file as this:

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/myImageView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:tint="@color/my_nice_color"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_my_drawable"
    android:scaleType="fitCenter" />

Then to change the color of your image:

DrawableCompat.setTint(myImageView.getDrawable(), ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.another_nice_color));

Note: myImageView.getDrawable() gives nullpointerexception if the vector drawable is set to the imageView as background.


Use this to change a path color in your vector drawable

VectorChildFinder vector = new VectorChildFinder(this, R.drawable.my_vector, imageView);

VectorDrawableCompat.VFullPath path1 = vector.findPathByName("path1");
path1.setFillColor(Color.RED); 

Library is here: https://github.com/devsideal/VectorChildFinder