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Android WebView Widget Limitations

From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Android WebView Widget Limitations
Followup-To	comp.lang.java.programmer
Date	2011-05-11 00:37 +1200
Organization	Geek Central
Message-ID	<iqbbj2$55o$1@lust.ihug.co.nz> (permalink)

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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...

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Android WebView Widget Limitations Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-11 00:37 +1200

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