How to put svg image in Xamarin.Android application's screen? - image

Question

I want an image to ocuppy 40% of the screen of Xamarin.Android application. But as the application will have to display well on devices between 5 and 10 inches I put a .svg image to prevent the pixeling no matter how much the screen size increases. When I run the application the image doesn't appear on screen. My question is how can I put .svg image in Xamarin.Android's application screen? Here is my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="100"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!--The svg image that has to ocuppy 40% of the screen goes here-->
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="40"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/svg_image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/imageView1" />
</LinearLayout>
<!--The rest of the things that have to ocuppy 60% of the screen go here-->
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="60"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

In fact,Android does not provide an API method for parsing .SVG file directly.
And there are two solutions:
1.Use the third party library (like Xamarin.FFImageLoading).
2.Convert SVG to Vector (i think it's much better than using any libraries)
You could creating SVG vector drawable by using this,after you convert it to vecor drawable,you will get a vector.xml,put it into Resources/drawable folder.
Then you could use like
_yourImageView.SetImageResource(Resource.Drawable.Vector);