How to make svg element show up in safari/ios

Question

My scenario: I'm displaying a leaflet map. A map has several tiles, each tile might contain one or more icons. Here is how a tile might look like:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" pointer-events="none" width="256" height="256" viewBox="0 0 256 256" class="leaflet-tile leaflet-tile-loaded" style="width: 256px; height: 256px; transform: translate3d(455px, -4px, 0px); opacity: 1;">
    <g></g>
    <image x="213.9375" y="252.875" width="19px" height="19px" href="data:image/png;base64,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" class="" xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,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" style="pointer-events: auto;"></image>
</svg>

Result in Chrome,Firefox (inspected via devtools):

In Safari however, the icons are not rendered. The element is there, but the picture is missing. Screenshot from browserstack for safari, ios6. The highlighted blue box is the element (inspected via devtools again), showing that the element is in position, with the correct dimensions, but no image is showing:

What I have tried:

Using absolute and relative url paths for the image resource instead of inline base64. Makes no difference. The image is also hosted on the same domain, no cross-domain issues apply.
Using various combinations of xlink:href and href (just xlink:href, just href, etc).
- Modifying the image/svg tag. Added the appropriate namespaces and the xlink:href tag (default library only used href), as per this suggestion.

What I haven't tried:

Completely replacing the svg mechanism of leaflet with another (say...canvas). Much of the application relies on the svg renderer, so I'd rather not go there.

Are there any other suggestions I could try except replacing the svg renderer?

Minimum reproducible example: https://jsfiddle.net/tocxvxy3/3/

have you tried without `transform: translate3d(455px, -4px, 0px);`? — scraaappy, Apr 02 '18 at 10:37
@scraaappy No, because the translate code is added by leaflet in order to properly position the map, tile and icon in relation to each other. However, I don't think that translate3d is related anyhow, because the element is correctly positioned as shown in the 2nd picture. — pkExec, Apr 02 '18 at 14:41
The jsfiddle works/displays just the same for me on Safari as it does on Firefox and Chrome. — Robert Longson, Apr 03 '18 at 17:45
@RobertLongson are you using Safari on iPhone? I'm not seeing the icon on iPhone. — pkExec, Apr 04 '18 at 07:53
No, I'm using Safari on a Mac. You could try reporting this as a bug to Apple. — Robert Longson, Apr 04 '18 at 08:56
Could you post the `JavaScript` code using the Leaflet library that doesn't work for you? — ElChiniNet, Apr 10 '18 at 20:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '18 at 04:54

You could try to directly put the png file name, intead of embbeding it in svg, as in leaflet examples http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/ , maybe the ios support is better this way?

var map = L.map('map').setView([51.5, -0.09], 13);

 L.tileLayer('https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
  attribution: '&copy; <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
 }).addTo(map);

 var LeafIcon = L.Icon.extend({
  options: {
   shadowUrl: 'leaf-shadow.png',
   iconSize:     [50, 50],
   shadowSize:   [50, 64],
   iconAnchor:   [22, 94],
   shadowAnchor: [4, 62],
   popupAnchor:  [-3, -76]
  }
 });

 var greenIcon = new LeafIcon({iconUrl: 'https://memegenerator.net/img/images/50x50/7452314.jpg', iconRetinaUrl: 'https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/09/14/blogs/Fils-Aime/Fils-Aime-thumbLarge.jpg'});

 L.marker([51.5, -0.09], {icon: greenIcon}).addTo(map);

html, body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
}
#map {
  width: 600px;
  height: 400px;
}

<link href="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.3.1/dist/leaflet.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/leaflet@1.3.1/dist/leaflet.js"></script>
<div id='map'></div>

There's also an iconRetinaUrl option if you want to try

var greenIcon = new LeafIcon({
  iconUrl: 'https://memegenerator.net/img/images/50x50/7452314.jpg',
  iconRetinaUrl: 'https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/09/14/blogs/Fils-Aime/Fils-Aime-thumbLarge.jpg'
});

As I said in the question, I've already tried it: "Using absolute and relative url paths for the image resource instead of inline base64. Makes no difference. " — pkExec, Apr 09 '18 at 03:40

How to make svg element show up in safari/ios

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