L
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Android’s WebView widget is an easy way to display text with a useful degree
of formatting within an app. I wouldn’t expect it to have all the
capabilities of a Web browser, but I was disappointed to see it doesn’t
support MathML or SVG.
One thing it does support is “data:...†URLs. For example, this lets you
embed bitmap images within the HTML, without needing to link to a separate
file.
Still, SVG could have been more compact. And MathML would have been so nice
for equations...
of formatting within an app. I wouldn’t expect it to have all the
capabilities of a Web browser, but I was disappointed to see it doesn’t
support MathML or SVG.
One thing it does support is “data:...†URLs. For example, this lets you
embed bitmap images within the HTML, without needing to link to a separate
file.
Still, SVG could have been more compact. And MathML would have been so nice
for equations...