RTL support on ImageButton with autoMirror for src drawable

Question

When creating an ImageButton with android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground" and android:src="@drawable/ic_action_send", adding android:autoMirror="true" does not have any descernable affect. Is there any way to easily support Right-To-Left (RTL) image mirroring on ImageButtons?

Answer 1

Make an XML drawable and set android:autoMirrored="true". This value is ignored before API 19.

res/drawable/icon_auto_mirrored.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:src="@drawable/icon"
        android:autoMirrored="true"/>

Now use android:src="@drawable/icon_auto_mirrored in your layout.