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[Android] Vector images from native resources is not working

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  • #45354 by @Abbondanzo — closed without merging
Bug Component: Image Never gets stale Platform: Android
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Description

Based on React Native documentation, we should be able to fetch images from native resources.
This is works great on iOS, but in Android you can't load vector images using uri.

React Native version:

react-native: 0.61.5

Steps To Reproduce

Placing vector image named image.xml in drawable folder and using this code, is not working:
<Image width={100} height={100} source={{ uri: 'image' }} style={{ width: 100, height: 100 }} />

Placing the vector image in assets folder and using this code, is not working either:
<Image width={100} height={100} source={{ uri: 'asset:/image.xml' }} style={{ width: 100, height: 100 }} />

Note that placing .jpg or .png images is working without any issues.

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Research direction

Start by comparing the documented native-resource URI behavior with Android vector drawable handling in the React Native Image path. Reproduce the drawable and asset:/image.xml cases described for React Native 0.61.5, then verify that vector resources load consistently with the working JPG and PNG cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, react-native
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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