Is the Android Browser capable of performing an xsl transform?

Question

I have an xml file I wish to transform using an xsl-document, but I can't seem to make it work on even the latest available Android versions.

I tried adding a <?xml-stylesheet/> tag to the xml, but that didn't work in either the native browser or in Dolphin Browser.

E.g:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"?>
<xmldata>Hello world</xmldata>

and

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template match="/xmldata">
        <em><xsl:value-of select="/xmldata"/></em>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

is supposed to generate italic text, which it does in most desktop browsers (chrome has that annoying shared script root policy that ensures it only works when the files are not located on a local disc.) But it won't work in the mobile browser.

Is there a way to script the transform to happen client-side, or is the only option to do it server-side?

Answer 1

I have a site completely developed with XML, XSLT and XHTML. It does not render in my Android DroidX phone but renders in all the browsers elsewhere. I have no definitive answer as to if this means Android does not support XSLT.

Answer 2

See Android issue 9312 To summarize: Android browser does not support XSLT client-side until 2.1.