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Key Features

  • Parsing performance that meets or beats other popular SVG Frameworks
  • A simple architecture, optimized for extension, flexibility and developer joy
  • Multiple interface options (UIBezierPath, CAShapeLayer, UIView, and IBDesignable Interface Builder subclass)
  • A minimal cache for improved performance
  • Tested and documented

Who Should Use SwiftSVG

SwiftSVG is not meant to be a a full SVG parser. The library supports the most common use cases of flat, solid color SVG elements. It supports grouping and transformations and can parse all path and shape elements.

The best use case for SwiftSVG is for flat icons that you may want to theme at runtime and have good control over. Think icons for your app, especially if you offer light and dark themes. The library can handle complex paths, and more importantly can handle them quickly, so you can use it to display many SVGs, just not every single use case. See the complex example in the examples app.

At this time, gradients are not supported, but this is high on the list of features to support next. Furthermore, text is not supported at this time, but shouldn't be too difficult to support. Animations are the last major category that isn't supported, and they probably won't be in the near future seeing Cocoa already provides rich support.

Finally, if you're looking to extend this project, that's another good reason to use SwiftSVG. A lot of work has been put into making the code as extensible and maintainable as possible and will continue to be a core feature of future updates. Fork the project and I hope you share your changes.

Table of Contents

Install

Swift version SwiftSVG version
Swift 5.0 v2.3.0
Swift 4.2 v2.2.1

Cocoapods:

pod 'SwiftSVG', '~> 2.0'

or Carthage:

github "mchoe/SwiftSVG" ~> 2.0

For projects currently using 1.x: SwiftSVG 2.x is a major rewrite of the library. For most use cases, you should be able to upgrade to 2.0 with little to no changes to your code. However, there are breaking changes that may affect your project. Most notably, the String extensions and the ability to parse single path string from a URL are deprecated.

Usage

UIView+SVG

The easiest way to create an SVG image is to use the UIView extension:

let fistBump = UIView(SVGNamed: "fistbump")     // In the main bundle
self.addSubview(fistBump)

Output:

Put it here!

Or you can add an SVG file to your Asset Catalog. You should add it as a Data Asset like this:

Add a new Data Asset in your Asset Catalog

Then use the same initializer as above:

let cowboyHat = UIView(SVGNamed: "cowboyHat")     // In the asset catalog as a Data Asset
self.addSubview(cowboyHat)

Output:

New York City.

You can also create a new UIView from a remote URL:

let svgURL = URL(string: "https://openclipart.org/download/181651/manhammock.svg")!
let hammock = UIView(SVGURL: svgURL) { (svgLayer) in
    svgLayer.fillColor = UIColor(red:0.52, green:0.16, blue:0.32, alpha:1.00).cgColor
    svgLayer.resizeToFit(self.view.bounds)
}
self.view.addSubview(hammock)

Output:

This is not a man in a hammock

SwiftSVG provides the following UIView convenience initializers:

convenience init(SVGNamed: String, parser: SVGParser? = nil, completion: ((SVGLayer) -> ())? = nil)
convenience init(SVGURL: URL, parser: SVGParser? = nil, completion: ((SVGLayer) -> ())? = nil)
convenience init(SVGData: Data, parser: SVGParser? = nil, completion: ((SVGLayer) -> ())? = nil)

All of these initializers will parse a file located in the main bundle, a bundle of your own choosing, or on the web. It will parse the file asynchronously and optionally takes a completion block, passing a SVGLayer after parsing has been completed. Whether you pass a completion block or not, SwiftSVG will add it to the view's sublayers. If you want to change one of the layer's attributes, such as the fill color or resize it to fit a view, you can do that in the completion block

You can optionally pass an SVGParser object if you want to reuse the same parser for various SVG files or want to roll your own using a third-party XML parser. By default, SwiftSVG uses a subclass of Foundation's XMLParser using all the supported elements and attributes called NSXMLSVGParser. You can also optionally setup your own NSXMLSVGParser passing a SVGParserSupportedElements struct that will parse only the elements and attributes of your choosing.

There is also a convenience initializer to parse a single path string, which parses synchronously:

// Declaration
convenience init(pathString: String)

// Example
let triangle = UIView(pathString: "M75 0 l75 200 L0 200 Z")
self.addSubview(triangle)

Output:

This is not a triangle

CALayer+SVG

If you need a little bit more control over your parsed layer, you can use one of the CALayer convenience initalizers. You can make some changes to the parsed SVG layer, such as changing the fill color at runtime, and can add it to a layer of your own choosing. If you are dropping down to the CALayer level, it is assumed that you want more control and you must provide a completion block and you must add it to a sublayer to display it.

let svgURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "pizza", withExtension: "svg")!
let pizza = CALayer(SVGURL: svgURL) { (svgLayer) in
    // Set the fill color
    svgLayer.fillColor = UIColor(red:0.94, green:0.37, blue:0.00, alpha:1.00).cgColor
    // Aspect fit the layer to self.view
    svgLayer.resizeToFit(self.view.bounds)
    // Add the layer to self.view's sublayers
    self.view.layer.addSublayer(svgLayer)
}

Output:

This is not delicious pizza

You can create a new CALayer from URL or Data:

convenience init(SVGURL: URL, parser: SVGParser? = nil, completion: @escaping (SVGLayer) -> ())
convenience init(SVGData: Data, parser: SVGParser? = nil, completion: @escaping (SVGLayer) -> ())

SVGLayer

The layer that is passed in the UIView and CALayer completion blocks is an instance of SVGLayer which is a subclass of CAShapeLayer. Currently, SVGLayer adds the following capabilities:

  • A boundingBox property that is the minimum CGRect that encloses all subpaths. Good for scaling the layer to fit a view.
  • Overrides on some properties like the fill color, stroke color, and stroke width that applies that value on all sublayers.
  • An ability to create a copy of the SVGLayer, which is useful for caching.

Other Interfaces

CAShapeLayer & UIBezierPath Single Paths

In addition to the UIView extension that allows you to parse a single <path> d string, you can use the CAShapeLayer or UIBezierPath convenience initializers.

let sockPuppet = "M49.976,36.57l27.343,1.078c7.437,0,13.486-6.05,13.486-13.487s-6.049-13.487-13.485-13.487H58  c-0.429-3.546-2.45-6.235-4.881-6.235s-4.45,2.689-4.877,6.235h-4.368c-0.259,0-0.511,0.01-0.768,0.014  c-0.423-3.553-2.445-6.25-4.88-6.25c-2.719,0-4.924,3.36-4.961,7.523c-5.139,1.369-9.419,3.825-12.781,7.357  c-8.476,8.907-7.963,21.297-7.939,21.737v37.496h4.016V93.5h33.775V78.551h4.471v-1.682c0-8.529,4.16-9.612,4.639-9.708  c0.794-0.026,5.409-0.225,10.103-1.41c9.184-2.323,11.111-6.586,11.111-9.753c0-7.207-5.377-9.775-10.409-9.775  c-0.399,0-0.689,0.018-0.829,0.028H51.104l-0.237,0.017c-0.004,0.001-0.422,0.058-1.042,0.058c-5.218,0-5.218-3.253-5.218-4.322  C44.607,36.887,49.143,36.58,49.976,36.57z M87.441,24.161c0,5.583-4.542,10.124-10.057,10.125l-7.973-0.314  c-4.428-6.087-6.037-11.196-4.771-15.199c0.722-2.282,2.289-3.793,3.675-4.734h9.002C82.899,14.038,87.441,18.579,87.441,24.161z   M69.492,49.615l0.16-0.008c0.035-0.003,0.254-0.021,0.598-0.021c2.632,0,7.046,0.833,7.046,6.412c0,4.667-8.069,6.723-13.864,7.461  c-1.008-0.493-1.786-1.215-2.318-2.167c-1.917-3.429-0.405-8.997,0.517-11.677H69.492z M49.825,49.689  c0.655,0,1.153-0.047,1.384-0.074h9.357c-0.98,2.923-2.377,8.495-0.327,12.164c0.412,0.737,0.946,1.354,1.591,1.858  c-1.001,0.095-1.887,0.147-2.579,0.164l-0.153,0.012c-0.297,0.034-6.954,0.932-7.604,11.374H45.15v-7.053h-3.364v7.053H35.06v-7.053  h-3.363v7.053h-7.147v-7.053h-3.364v7.053h-5.277l-0.002-34.212c-0.005-0.115-0.447-11.52,7.037-19.36  c2.829-2.964,6.458-5.042,10.805-6.269c0.799,2.571,2.501,4.353,4.479,4.353c2.291,0,4.215-2.388,4.788-5.63  c0.291-0.005,0.565-0.031,0.86-0.031h22.781c-1.188,1.029-2.341,2.46-2.964,4.421c-1.327,4.175,0.18,9.371,4.46,15.462  l-18.109-0.714c-3.043,0-8.798,1.838-8.798,8.797C41.244,46.816,44.452,49.689,49.825,49.689z"
let sockPuppetSVG = CAShapeLayer(pathString: sockPuppet)
let returnView = UIView()
self.layer.addSublayer(sockPuppetSVG)

Output:

This is not a sock puppet

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let teaPath = UIBezierPath(pathString: tea)
let returnView = UIView()
let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
shapeLayer.path = teaPath.cgPath
self.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)

Output:

This is not tea

SVGView

Finally, SwiftSVG provides a UIView subclass that is IBInspectable. Simply add a view to your storyboard and use the SVGView subclass as your class name. Then put the name of your SVG file in your bundle in the IBInspectable property "SVGName"

Screenshot of SVGView in Interface Builder

Credits

License

SwiftSVG is released under the MIT License.

GitHub

https://github.com/mchoe/SwiftSVG