Automatic drawable xml-to-png conversion at build time not compatible with overriding Android library drawable resource from Android application

[Enrico Tibaldi]

I've recently faced this issue. Anyone else?

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=259779&thanks=259779&ts=1490100840

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Using: Gradle version 3.3 com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0 buildToolsVersion "25.0.2" compileSdkVersion 25 minSdkVersion 19 targetSdkVersion 25 appcompat: 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.0' How to reproduce: - Create new Android application project "app" - Create new Android library module ("mylibrary") and set it as a dependency to application - In library module create new drawable .xml vector asset (from Asset Studio) inside the /mylibrary/src/res/drawable/ folder and save it as "my_icon.xml" - Create activity "MainActivityLibrary" in library module with image view that loads the icon android:src="@drawable/my_icon" - In application module create new drawable .xml vector asset (from Asset Studio) with a DIFFERENT icon and save it inside the /app/src/res/drawable/ folder as "my_icon.xml" (with the same name as the library icon, so that it should get overridden) - Make application MainActivity extend MainActivityLibrary and remove setContentView(...) from MainActivity - start the app RESULT: The app displays the library icon EXPECTED: The app displays the application icon NOTES: If the icons are defined instead separately in drawable-xxhdpi-v4/ and drawable-v21/ respectively as "my_icon.png" and "my_icon.xml" both in the library and the application, the resources are overridden correctly.