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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Android WebView Widget Limitations
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 00:37:53 +1200
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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...