XPerato Software Development Training Services

Tha android platform allows us to include within the user interface of our application the WebView component. The WebView component is capable of displaying data it receives over the web and parses as if it was a small web browser.

The possibility to include in our android application the WebView component actually allows us to include the output of any data received over the web and parse it as if we were using a web browser. The WebView component is based on the WebKit open source browser, which is the same engine the well known Safari and Chrome web browsers use. This allows us to craete web based GUI using rich JavaScript libraries, such as jQuery, jMake, Dojo and others. In addition, it allows us to develop ajax based heavy logic implemented in JavaScript running on the client side, similarly to the google apps implementation. The recently released android platform API includes new methods that allow us to develop a new breed of applications that includes a mixture of code written in Java and code delivered over the web and parsed by the WebView component. The later can actually parse and display any data the WebKit browser is capable of parsing and displaying, such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, XML, XSL and others. The methods our application can call on the WebView component allow us to develop web applications tailored for the android platform WebView component, that exploit the android platform unique capabilities. This course was tailored for Java developers who already have experience developing for the android platform and are interested in developing native android applications mixed with the usage of the WebView component.