# Comparing Tools for Optimizing Android Vector Images

DevFeed: [Comparing Tools for Optimizing Android Vector Images](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/optimizing-android-vector-images-or-not-29370.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://arturdryomov.dev/posts/optimizing-android-vector-images/>)

Author: Artur Dryomov

Published: 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Artur Dryomov](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/artur-dryomov.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [SVG](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/svg.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [Graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphics.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [comparison](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/comparison.md>), [graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphics.md>), [svg](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/svg.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares tools for converting and optimizing Android vector images, including Android Studio and command-line optimizers such as Avocado and SVGO. It discusses differences in generated XML and SVG path operations.

## Source excerpt

An average working day of an Android developer involves doing something with UI. Pushing widgets around, changing text and images... The colleges of mine convert SVG images to VectorDrawable via a specific converter and I use Android Studio. Which tool does the job better? Let's find out! Tools Converters (do optimizations under the hood): Android Studio (3.1.4) -- IDE. svg2android -- website, deprecated in favor of Android Studio. svg2vector -- website. Optimizers: