jbarr21 / svg2vd

SVG to VectorDrawable command line tool

svg2vd

svg2vd is an SVG to VectorDrawable command line tool.

Installation

You can install svg2vd using npm w/ the following command:

npm install -g svg2vd

Usage

Usage: svg2vd [options] [file]

Options:
  -V, --version          output the version number
  -s, --string <string>  input SVG string
  -i, --input <file>     input file/directory, or "-" for STDIN
  -o, --output <file>    output file/directory (an XML file w/ the same name as the input file by default), or "-" for STDOUT
  -d, --dir <dir>        convert all *.svg files in a directory
  -q, --quiet            only output error messages
  -h, --help             output usage information

Examples

# Convert an SVG to VectorDrawable.
svg2vd filename.svg

# Convert all files ending with '.svg' to VectorDrawable.
svg2vd *.svg

# Convert an SVG to VectorDrawable and write the output to a new file.
svg2vd filename.svg -o vector.xml

# Convert an SVG to VectorDrawable using standard input and standard output.
cat filename.svg | svg2vd -i - -o - > vector.xml

# Convert all SVG files in a directory.
svg2vd -d path/to/directory

# Convert all SVG files in a directory and write them to a new directory.
svg2vd -d path/to/input/directory -o path/to/output/directory

# Convert all files ending with '.svg' and write them to a new directory.
svg2vd *.svg -o path/to/output/directory

# Pass a string as input and write the output to a new file.
svg2vd -s '<svg>...</svg>' -o vector.xml

Build instructions

If you want to contribute, first be sure to install the latest version of Node.js and npm. If you're not sure what IDE to use, I highly recommend checking out vscode.

Then clone this repository and in the root directory, run:

npm install

To build the tool, run:

npm run build

To test the tool, run:

npm run test