Is there a trick to display svg images in gmail?

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:

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.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/21064771/1203457