Typesetting math functions in LaTeX to render in Android Application

Question

Does anyone know if it\'s possible to use LaTeX markup language to format text for display in an Android application?

For example the text for a TextView can be form

Answer 1

Latex is not written in java so may be hard to get running on the android JLaTexMath is a java port which you may be able to use, but probably not straight out of the box.

One other option maybe to run a service on a server that takes a formula and returns an image, if your formulas get really complex this might even be quicker then rendering the formula.

This will also reduce your reliance on the android platform so you are more likely to be able to port your application to IPhone and Html5.