androidandroid-studiosvgvector-graphicsadobe-illustrator

Cannot import svg with '<image>' tag

I have a png picture. I open it in Adobe Illustrator and save it as svg without changing default configuration:

enter image description here

This gives me this svg file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 18.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
     viewBox="0 0 100 100" enable-background="new 0 0 100 100" xml:space="preserve">
<image overflow="visible" width="714" height="714" xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAsoAAALKCAYAAAArlndAAAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJ
bWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAA2ppVFh0WE1MOmNvbS5hZG9iZS54bXAAAAAAADw/eHBhY2tldCBiZWdp
bj0i77u/IiBpZD0iVzVNME1wQ2VoaUh6cmVTek5UY3prYzlkIj8+IDx4OnhtcG1ldGEgeG1sbnM6
...
ex8pzU1wT+bf4YnI2vz8uvwzq/PX6ueW58dHNvPztf4ZAGzZ/wswAPds0/tWAII4AAAAAElFTkSu
QmCC" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 -307 -307)">
</image>
</svg>

When I try to import svg file in android studio I get this error:

Empty preview image!
Exception while parsing XML file:
Premature end of file.

Can anybody help me how to fix this? I import other svg files that have <path> element and they work good.

Solution

  • While converting png to svg there are some rules which we need to follow. All converters are not working fine with their default configuration. In my case, I found the best converter site which will give you preview image to confirm during conversion, which will ask for free registration and then you can download your svg file.

    Convert PNG to SVG - Which requires single sign up and allows only 2 tokens per day by single email

    Alternatives : Reference2 Reference3

    After generating svg,Use the following tool to convert your svg to vector drawable (It's necessary because somehow android studio is not able to import all the formats or configurations and style generated by random converters)

    Generate Vector Drawable from SVG

    After above 2 steps you will have perfect vector drawable which you can easily copy into drawable and load wherever you required.