There is a lovely method on the android.text.Html class, fromHtml(), that converts HTML into a Spannable for use with a TextView.
However, the documentation does not stipulate what HTML tags are supported, which makes this method a bit hit-or-miss. More importantly, it means that you cannot rely on what it will support from release to release.
I have filed an issue requesting that Google formally document what it intends to support. In the interim, from a quick look at the source code, here’s what seems to be supported as of Android 2.1:
* <a href="...">
* <b>
* <big>
* <blockquote>
* <br>
* <cite>
* <dfn>
* <div align="...">
* <em>
* <font size="..." color="..." face="...">
* <h1>
* <h2>
* <h3>
* <h4>
* <h5>
* <h6>
* <i>
* <img src="...">
* <p>
* <small>
* <strike>
* <strong>
* <sub>
* <sup>
* <tt>
* <u>
