diff --git a/apps/test-examples/index.tsx b/apps/test-examples/index.tsx
index e8615269a..823ebbe5c 100644
--- a/apps/test-examples/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/test-examples/index.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ColorTest from './src/ColorTest';
 import PointerEventsBoxNone from './src/PointerEventsBoxNone';
 import MountUnmount from './src/MountUnmount';
+import Test1318 from './src/Test1318';
 import Test1374 from './src/Test1374';
 import Test1442 from './src/Test1442';
 import Test1451 from './src/Test1451';
diff --git a/apps/test-examples/src/Test1318.tsx b/apps/test-examples/src/Test1318.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2a1331f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/test-examples/src/Test1318.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {SvgUri} from 'react-native-svg';
+import {SvgCssUri} from 'react-native-svg/css';
+
+export default function Test() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <SvgCssUri
+        height={100}
+        width={100}
+        uri={
+          'data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%2354b847%22%20d%3D%22M0%200h100v100H0z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20d%3D%22M61.6%2069.1h-17V38.3h8.6v25.4h8.2c5.7%200%208.1-3.9%208.1-14.1S66.8%2036.4%2061%2036.4H42.2v32.7h-8.4V36.3H21.4v-5.4h42.3c10.2%200%2015%205.3%2015%2018.6-.1%2017.4-7.3%2019.6-17.1%2019.6%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E'
+        }
+      />
+      <SvgCssUri
+        height={100}
+        width={100}
+        uri={
+          'data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22700%22%20viewBox%3D%2250%2050%20100%20100%22%20preserveAspectRatio%3D%22xMidYMid%20meet%22%3E%3Crect%20x%3D%2250%22%20y%3D%2250%22%20width%3D%22100%22%20height%3D%22100%22%20fill%3D%22yellow%22%3E%3C%2Frect%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E'
+        }
+      />
+      <SvgUri
+        height={100}
+        width={100}
+        uri={
+          'data:image/svg+xml;utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22100%22%20height%3D%22100%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3Cpolygon%20points%3D%2250%2C15%2061%2C40%2088%2C40%2066%2C57%2075%2C84%2050%2C68%2025%2C84%2034%2C57%2012%2C40%2039%2C40%22%20fill%3D%22gold%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E'
+        }
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts b/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts
index addd927d7..4aca02df4 100644
--- a/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts
+++ b/src/ReactNativeSVG.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import Shape from './elements/Shape';
 import {
   AstProps,
   camelCase,
-  fetchText,
   JsxAST,
   Middleware,
   parse,
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ import {
   XmlState,
 } from './xml';
 
+import { fetchText } from './utils/fetchData';
+
 import {
   RNSVGCircle,
   RNSVGClipPath,
diff --git a/src/ReactNativeSVG.web.ts b/src/ReactNativeSVG.web.ts
index 5117b35fb..ee57bda8e 100644
--- a/src/ReactNativeSVG.web.ts
+++ b/src/ReactNativeSVG.web.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   AstProps,
   camelCase,
-  fetchText,
   JsxAST,
   Middleware,
   parse,
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ import {
   XmlState,
 } from './xml';
 
+import { fetchText } from './utils/fetchData';
+
 export {
   inlineStyles,
   loadLocalRawResource,
diff --git a/src/utils/fetchData.ts b/src/utils/fetchData.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f08b16ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/fetchData.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Platform } from 'react-native';
+
+export async function fetchText(uri?: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (!uri) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (uri.startsWith('data:image/svg+xml;utf8') && Platform.OS === 'android') {
+    return dataUriToXml(uri);
+  } else {
+    return fetchUriData(uri);
+  }
+}
+
+function dataUriToXml(uri: string): string | null {
+  try {
+    // decode and remove data:image/svg+xml;utf8, prefix
+    return decodeURIComponent(uri).split(',').slice(1).join(',');
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(`Decoding ${uri} failed with error: ${error}`);
+  }
+}
+
+async function fetchUriData(uri: string) {
+  const response = await fetch(uri);
+  if (response.ok || (response.status === 0 && uri.startsWith('file://'))) {
+    return await response.text();
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Fetching ${uri} failed with status ${response.status}`);
+}
diff --git a/src/xml.tsx b/src/xml.tsx
index cb72dd058..091d23330 100644
--- a/src/xml.tsx
+++ b/src/xml.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ComponentType, ComponentProps } from 'react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Component, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { fetchText } from './utils/fetchData';
 import type { SvgProps } from './elements/Svg';
 import { tags } from './xmlTags';
 
@@ -78,17 +79,6 @@ export function SvgXml(props: XmlProps) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function fetchText(uri?: string) {
-  if (!uri) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  const response = await fetch(uri);
-  if (response.ok || (response.status === 0 && uri.startsWith('file://'))) {
-    return await response.text();
-  }
-  throw new Error(`Fetching ${uri} failed with status ${response.status}`);
-}
-
 export function SvgUri(props: UriProps) {
   const { onError = err, uri, onLoad, fallback } = props;
   const [xml, setXml] = useState<string | null>(null);