Loading Svg and VectorDrawable

Files, streams, and raw strings

Use SKSvg when you need direct control over the runtime renderer:

using System.IO;
using Svg.Skia;

using var svgFromFile = new SKSvg();
svgFromFile.Load("image.svg");

using var stream = File.OpenRead("image.svg");
using var svgFromStream = new SKSvg();
svgFromStream.Load(stream);

using var svgFromText = new SKSvg();
svgFromText.FromSvg("<svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"8\" fill=\"red\" /></svg>");

Reusable factory helpers

If you prefer one-shot helpers, SKSvg exposes factory methods:

CreateFromFile(...)
CreateFromStream(...)
CreateFromSvg(...)
CreateFromVectorDrawable(...)

Avalonia resource loading

The Skia-backed Avalonia package resolves resource paths through SvgSource.Load(...):

using Avalonia.Svg.Skia;

var source = SvgSource.Load("avares://MyAssembly/Assets/Icon.svg", baseUri: null);

The non-Skia package exposes the same pattern through Avalonia.Svg.SvgSource.Load(...).

VectorDrawable handling

Use these APIs when the source is Android XML:

using Svg.Skia;

using var svg = new SKSvg();
svg.LoadVectorDrawable("icon.xml");

Or convert raw XML directly:

using Svg.Skia;

using var svg = new SKSvg();
svg.FromVectorDrawable(vectorDrawableXml);

The repository tests cover:

width and viewport validation,
clip-path behavior,
group transforms,
supported and unsupported Android attributes,
equivalence between representative VectorDrawable and SVG examples.