SVG image as background image in windows phone 8 and phonegap

Question

I am using the SVG image as background in a phonegap project for windows phone8 but its not showing. following is the code

.loyaltystar { 
    position:absolute; margin-top:3px;
    background:url(../img/available-icon.svg) no-repeat;
    width:21px; 
    height:21px; 
}

<li><a href="a.html" class="loyaltystar"></a></li>

is phonegap 2.4 supports the SVG for windows phone 8.

Answer 1

Got the solution removed the xml start tag from the image and its working now ...