MetroSVG

MetroSVG is a production-quality SVG renderer implementation for iOS and OS X. It is used in Google Maps for iOS.

The library provides an Objective-C interface for iOS and a C interface for iOS and OS X.

Usage

#import "MetroSVG/MetroSVG.h"

NSData *svgData = ...;
MSVGDocument *svgDocument = [[MSVGDocument alloc] initWithData:svgData];
UIImage *svgImage = [svgDocument imageWithSize:svgDocument.size];

Supported Features

MetroSVG is intended to cover the most common use cases of SVG in native iOS app development where designers create and export image assets using graphics tools such as Illustrator and Inkscape. Therefore, it is specialized for rendering of static images by design. Below is a list of SVG 1.1 features and their implementation status.

Feature	Status
Paths and Basic Shapes	Feature complete.
Coordinate Systems and Transformations	Feature complete.
Gradients	Near feature complete.
Fill and Stroke Properties	Near feature complete.
Document Structure	Only <svg> and <g> are implemented.
Styling (CSS)	An experimental implementation of class selector is available.
Clipping, Masking, Patterns, Markers, Length Units	Not implemented.
Text, Fonts, Filter Effects	Not implemented. Recommended to use other options.
Color Profile, Linking, Interactivity, Scripting, Animation	Out of scope.

Discussion Forum

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/metrosvg

Disclaimer

MetroSVG is not an official Google product.