diff --git a/components/resources/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ImageDecoders.kt b/components/resources/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ImageDecoders.kt
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+package org.jetbrains.compose.resources
+
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.ImageBitmap
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Density
+import org.jetbrains.compose.resources.vector.toImageVector
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a byte array of a Bitmap to an ImageBitmap. Supports JPEG, PNG, BMP, WEBP
+ *
+ * Different platforms can support additional formats.
+ *
+ * @return The converted ImageBitmap.
+ */
+@ExperimentalResourceApi
+fun ByteArray.decodeToImageBitmap(): ImageBitmap {
+    val dumbDensity = 0 //any equal source and target density disable scaling here
+    return this.toImageBitmap(dumbDensity, dumbDensity)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a byte array of a vector XML file to an ImageVector.
+ *
+ * @param density density to apply during converting the source units to the [ImageVector] units.
+ *
+ * @return The converted ImageVector.
+ */
+@ExperimentalResourceApi
+fun ByteArray.decodeToImageVector(density: Density): ImageVector {
+    return this.toXmlElement().toImageVector(density)
+}
diff --git a/components/resources/library/src/skikoMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ImageDecoders.skiko.kt b/components/resources/library/src/skikoMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ImageDecoders.skiko.kt
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+package org.jetbrains.compose.resources
+
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.Painter
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Density
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a byte array of an SVG file to a compose Painter.
+ *
+ * @param density density to apply during converting the source units to the [Painter] units.
+ *
+ * @return The converted Painter.
+ */
+@ExperimentalResourceApi
+fun ByteArray.decodeToSvgPainter(density: Density): Painter {
+    return this.toSvgElement().toSvgPainter(density)
+}
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