Display HTML format text in WebView

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

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>