[Question] Will drawing small svg icons with the new Drawing API will be faster then loading them from images?

[themronion]

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Hey there, Xamarin team! I think this question is mostly for @jsuarezruiz since i have seen him doing a lot of work on the Drawing API. I am currently starting a new project and wondering whether i should give a try to using Paths and Shapes instead of loading svgs in my project, using https://github.com/Redth/ResizetizerNT to convert them to pngs and then use those icons as CachedImage with https://github.com/luberda-molinet/FFImageLoading. What i want to do: create a folder called SVG in the shared project. Then in that folder create custom views - grids, for example Icon1, Icon2 - as described here: https://javiersuarezruiz.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/xamarin-forms-tips-and-tricks-working-with-shapes/. Then just use them in our code : <svg:Icon1/> instead of <Image Source.....> or <CachedImage Source..> I have a suggestion that using the new API will be faster, but i have no idea how everything works under the hood. Specifically i am interested how paths will be rendered with big CollectionViews and ListViews - since they are considered as views will they be recycled and doing so they will be similarly cached as CachedImage? Would be grateful for an answer! Thanks!

[themronion]

@jsuarezruiz can u give a small comment please? Just to know how to build my new project - by adding images the old way, or by drawing svgs?