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Does Android support the rendering of HTML/CSS/Javascript natively?
 
Does Android support the rendering of HTML/CSS/Javascript natively?
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The answer is, yes. WebView is a native way for Android applications to render webpages within Activities. This is done through the WebKit rendering engine built into Android that displays HTML and CSS as if the designated Activity is a web browsers. As is mentioned in the article linked below, 'a WebView provides no browser-like widgets, does not enable JavaScript and web page errors are ignored'.
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More about WebView can be found here:
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http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html

Revision as of 00:54, 10 February 2015

Does Android support the rendering of HTML/CSS/Javascript natively?

The answer is, yes. WebView is a native way for Android applications to render webpages within Activities. This is done through the WebKit rendering engine built into Android that displays HTML and CSS as if the designated Activity is a web browsers. As is mentioned in the article linked below, 'a WebView provides no browser-like widgets, does not enable JavaScript and web page errors are ignored'.

More about WebView can be found here:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html