I have been trying to update my plugin to use support libs v24.x.x
I use appcompat support v7 library in my plugin and facing a runtime crash whenever I start an activity that extends AppCompatActivity :
Following is the crash trace :
09-28 15:23:55.721 16455-16455/com.example.qotdapp E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.qotdapp, PID: 16455
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo
{com.example.qotdapp/com.example.qotdapp.MainActivity}
: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/abc_vector_test.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f02004f
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2413)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2471)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:175)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1308)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:146)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5602)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/abc_vector_test.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f02004f
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:3422)
at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:1909)
at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(ContextCompat.java:346)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:194)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:182)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.checkVectorDrawableSetup(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:717)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:187)
at android.support.v7.widget.TintTypedArray.getDrawableIfKnown(TintTypedArray.java:77)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase.(AppCompatDelegateImplBase.java:127)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:147)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV11.(AppCompatDelegateImplV11.java:27)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV14.(AppCompatDelegateImplV14.java:50)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(AppCompatDelegate.java:201)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(AppCompatDelegate.java:181)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.getDelegate(AppCompatActivity.java:521)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.onCreate(AppCompatActivity.java:71)
at com.example.qotdapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:102)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5451)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1093)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2377)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2471)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:175)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1308)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:146)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5602)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #17: invalid drawable tag vector
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:986)
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:930)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:3418)
at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:1909)
at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(ContextCompat.java:346)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:194)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:182)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.checkVectorDrawableSetup(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:717)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:187)
at android.support.v7.widget.TintTypedArray.getDrawableIfKnown(TintTypedArray.java:77)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase.(AppCompatDelegateImplBase.java:127)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:147)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV11.(AppCompatDelegateImplV11.java:27)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV14.(AppCompatDelegateImplV14.java:50)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(AppCompatDelegate.java:201)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate.create(AppCompatDelegate.java:181)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.getDelegate(AppCompatActivity.java:521)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.onCreate(AppCompatActivity.java:71)
at com.example.qotdapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:102)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5451)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1093)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2377)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2471)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:175)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1308)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:146)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5602)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Android suggested a fix via gradlle upgrade to 2.2 or adding a flag in the gradle script here :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35739743/file-res-drawable-abc-ic-ab-back-material-xml-from-drawable-resource-id-0x7f020/35740506#35740506
The new gradle update by default adds the “–no-version-vector” flag when running the aapt command and that resolves the issue. But Unity android build command does not add this flag, hence using appcompat lib 24.x.x always crashes. The issue does not occur when using appcompat 23.4.0.
Is there a way to add this flag to the aapt command executed by Unity build process?
Or any other way i can fix this crash?