Is there a trick to display svg images in gmail?
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I've been trying to display them, but to no avail. I'm wondering if there's a trick to displaying them, because I'm able to get clients such as Outlook to display SVG's. It's really bothering me that gmail can't display them.
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Google Gmail does not support SVG at this time. Google Gmail Support said that they will not support it last time i contacted them. Maybe some time in the distant future when SVG becomes more popular and widely used.
Check out this article:
http://stylecampaign.com/blog/2014/01/basics-of-svg-in-email/
And this PDF:
http://stylecampaign.com/blog/blogimages/SVG/QA-SVG-in-email.pdf
Also see this SO question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20815613/svg-images-blocked-by-gmail-proxy
SVG support in E-Mail Clients
- iPhone native (iOS 4.3, 5.1, 6.1 and 7.0) Yes
- iPhone Mailbox app No
- iPhone Gmail app (0.25% of opens as of June 2013) No
- iPhone Sparrow app Yes
- iPhone Evomail app Yes
- iPhone Boxer app Yes
- iPhone Yahoo! Mail app No
- iPad full-sized native Yes
- iPad mini native Yes
- iPad Birdseye Mail Yes
- iPad Incredimail Yes
- iPod Touch native Yes
- Android 2.1 Eclair native client No
- Android 2.2 Froyo native client No
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread native client No
- Android 4.0 Ice Creme Sandwich native client Yes
- Android 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 Jelly bean native client Yes
- Android Outlook.com app ? txt version
- Android Gmail app No
- Android Evomail app Yes
- Android Yahoo Mail app 2.0 No
- Original Kindle Fire native client No
- Kindle Fire HD (New vr. of Silk) native client Yes
- Windows Phone 7 No
- Windows Phone 7.5 No
- Microsoft Surface tablet (Outlook.com/Hotmail) No
- Palm webOS 4.5 No
- BlackBerry OS 7 Yes
- BlackBerry Z10 Yes
- DESKTOP (MacMail only client I tested which worked) Yes
A list of Desktop and Webmail
- Gmail Firefox: No support
- Gmail Chrome: No support
- Gmail IE10: No support
- Yahoo Mail Firefox: No support
- Yahoo Mail Chrome: No support
- Yahoo Mail IE10: No support
- Outlook.com Firefox: No support
- Outlook.com Chrome: No support
- Outlook.com IE10: No support
- AOL Firefox: No support
- AOL Chrome: No support
- AOL IE10: No support
- Outlook 2007: No support
- Outlook 2010: No support
- Outlook Express: No support
- Outlook 2013: No support
- Hotmail Firefox: No support
- Apple Mail 5.2 (Mac Book Air): Support
Update 1/2/2020 You can also look at this StackOverflow answer on why Google will not support SVG images in Gmail due to the new proxy they implemented.