Image Specifications

Overview

These are CleverTap recommendations to help you render your messages correctly. While we specify image sizes on the application window, these are recommendations for each channel to help your image find a sweet spot.

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Content Tip

The content must always be center-heavy. If not, some devices may crop the images from the edges. The file size is available on the user interface.

Push Notifications

The supported file types are PNG, JPG, and GIF (only iOS).

Android Push Notifications

For Android, use the following guidelines:

  • Aspect ratio: 2:1
  • Maximum size: 40 KB
  • Supported types: PNG, JPG, and JPEG

iOS Push Notifications

For iOS push notifications, use the following guidelines:

OrientationAspect Ratio
Landscape16:9
Portrait1:1

Media File Sizes

The following media file sizes are supported by iOS:

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Media File Sizes Supported by iOS

In-App

For in-app, use the following guidelines:

File TypeMaximum Size
Image500 KB
GIF (only for Interstitial)500 KB
Audio (only for Interstitial)5 MB
Video (only for Interstitial)50 MB

The supported file formats are JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, MP3, and MP4. PNGs convert to JPEG using selected background colors.

Covers

For covers, the aspect ratio is 2:1.

Android

For Android covers, use the following guidelines:

Device ScreenCrop Factor
Android XXXHDPI307px from top and bottom
Android HDPI and XXHDPI470px from top and bottom
Android - XHDPI563px from top and bottom

The following shows the Android devices' crop factor.

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Android Devices' Crop Factor

iPhone

For iPhone covers, use the following guidelines:

Device ScreenCrop Factor
iPhone X and aboveNone
iPhone 5 to 8316px from top and bottom
iPhone 4s632px from top and bottom

The following shows the iPhone devices' crop factor.

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iPhone Devices' Crop Factor

iPad Cover

For iPad covers, use the following guidelines:

  • Aspect ratio: 1:1.3
  • Crop factor: None

Interstitial

The supported file types are video, audio, and GIF.

Image

The image aspect ratio is 1:1.7812.

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Image Aspect Ration

iPad Interstitial

The aspect ratio is 1:1.26.

Image with Content

For an image with content, use the following guidelines:

  • Aspect ratio: 16:9
  • Supported file formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, MP3, MP4

PNGs convert to JPEG using selected background colors.

File TypeMaximum Size
Image500 KB
GIF500 KB
Audio5 MB
Video50 MB

Half Interstitial

This section covers specifications for half interstitial options.

Image

For an image, use the following guidelines:

Image and PositionAspect Ratio
Image1.30:1
Header1:1
Footer1:1
iPad

For iPad, the aspect ratio is 1:1.35.

Custom HTML

This depends on your custom template. You can also add images, GIFs, and videos to your HTML code.

App Inbox

The supported file formats for App Inbox are JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, MP3, and MP4.

More aspect ratios include:

OrientationAspect Ratio
Portrait1:1
Landscape16:9
File TypeMaximum Size
Image500 KB
GIF500 KB
Audio5 MB
Video50 MB

Web Push

For web push, the aspect ratio is 2:1.

Supported Browsers

We support the following browsers:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Safari

Web Pop-up/Exit Intent

For web pop-up and exit intent, use the following guidelines:

  • Aspect ratio: 1.12:1
  • Maximum height: 400px

The aspect ratio remains constant. While the image width is 80% of the overall container, the width adjusts automatically.

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Media TypeFile SizeMime typeRecommended Aspect Ratio
Images500 KB.png, .jpg, jpeg1.91:1
Videos2MB.mp41.91:1
Document2MB.pdfNA