Vector compatibility through AppCompat

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A few pre-requisites in the build.gradle for vectors to work all the way down to API 7 for VectorDrawables and API 13 for AnimatedVectorDrawables (with some caveats currently):

//Build Tools has to be 24+
buildToolsVersion '24.0.0'

defaultConfig {
    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    generatedDensities = []
    aaptOptions {
        additionalParameters "--no-version-vectors"
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.1.1'
}

In your layout.xml:

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    appCompat:src="@drawable/vector_drawable"
    android:contentDescription="@null" />

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