13. Using Android Web APIs
Mobile developers often rely upon web technologies to enrich their applications, provide fresh content, and integrate with popular web services such as social networks. Android application can harness the power of the Internet in a variety of ways, including adding browser functionality to applications using the special WebView control and extending web-based functionality using standard WebKit libraries. Newer Android devices can also run Flash applications. In this chapter, we discuss the web technologies available on the Android platform.
Browsing the Web with WebView
Applications that retrieve and display content from the Web often end up displaying that data on the screen. Instead of customizing various screens ...
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