This post was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by the PerfectVector team.

Android Studio won't trace a PNG. Vector Asset Studio imports a Local file (SVG, PSD) and turns supported geometry into VectorDrawable XML ( Android Developers ). So a PNG icon takes two conversions: trace the pixels into a real SVG, then import that SVG. Each step can quietly change your icon, and the SVG in the middle is the cheapest place to catch it. Before importing, confirm the file is actually paths: an SVG can wrap a bitmap in an <image> element, and that won't become a vector drawable.

The mapping from SVG to VectorDrawable is close but not one-to-one.…