Binding to vector drawable doesn't seem to work

[benson82]

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Steps to reproduce

1. using mvvmcross.droid.support.v7.appcompat.widget.MvxAppCompatImageView in my layout.xml
2. bind my vector drawable icon to DrawableId

   Expected behavior

The drawable should show

Actual behavior

Nothing shows. How do i bind to vector drawables (app:srcCompat) instead of "normal" .png (android:src)

Configuration

Version: 4.x

[fedemkr]

Hi, that feature was added in version 4.3, if you have that version then you can bind it using "ResourceName", if not you have to create a custom target binding to do that, you can see the current implementation to do that:

https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/develop/MvvmCross/Binding/Droid/Target/MvxImageViewResourceNameTargetBinding.cs

[kjeremy]

And of course don't forget AppCompatDelegate.CompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled = true;

[kjeremy]

@benson82 does this work? can we close this?

[benson82]

Yes I prefer to bind to ResourceId, instead of ResourceName, because of compile time resource checking. With a custom target binding it worked fine. Thanks a lot. It worked without setting the CompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled prop. Where do you usually set this?