Display HTML format text in WebView

This example show how to display HTML format text in WebView, by calling WebView.loadData().

Display HTML format text in WebView


package com.example.androidhtmltext;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.webkit.WebView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

WebView webView;

String mimeType = "text/html";
String encoding = "utf-8";
String htmlText = "<h1>It's in h1</h1><br/>"
+ "<h2>It's in h2</h2><br/>"
+ "<i>Italics</i><br/>"
+ "<b>Bold</b><br/>";

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

webView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
webView.loadData(htmlText, mimeType, encoding);
}

}


<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<WebView
android:id="@+id/webview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello_world" />

</LinearLayout>