Is it possible to display complex HTML content inside TextView ? My HTML is going to have images and video tags. Is that possible or to use WebView component or there is some simpoler solution ?
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Is it possible to display complex HTML content inside TextView ? My HTML is going to have images and video tags. Is that possible or to use WebView component or there is some simpoler solution ?
If you want to use HTML tags for TextViews, you have to use android.text.Html class, fromHtml()..
From Mark Murphy’s Technical Stuff…
HTML Tags Supported By TextView
More importantly, it means that you cannot rely on what it will support from release to release.
For more complex HTML tags you have to use WebView…