Question

I’m fairly new to Android, but have done lots of Java/JSP development and HTML over the last 10 years. So I’m not real familiar with what Android can do. With this current project I’m working on, I’m going to have to read XML/XSLT files and display them in an Adroid application. However, there are a couple caveats:
1. The links in the page should be handled within my own app and not the default web browser (except external links)
2. The XSLT will be stored locally, with the XML retrieved online.

I don’t want to waste hours trying to fit a square peg in a round hole if anyone has already done something like this and knows what to do.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Use a webview.
From the documentation:

A View that displays web pages. This class is the basis upon which
you can roll your own web browser or simply display some online
content within your Activity. It uses the WebKit rendering engine to
display web pages and includes methods to navigate forward and
backward through a history, zoom in and out, perform text searches and
more.

It will render your html like the browser, but you have plenty of ways to control its behavior and the presentation of it in your app.

It is very easy to get started with, a good start is the google Hello, WebView tutorial