Thread: Why android epub apps almost always disregard provided CSS
View Single Post
Old 06-27-2014, 08:41 PM   #12
medwatt
Zealot
medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.medwatt knows better than to ask about the Gravitic Imploder Lance.
 
Posts: 147
Karma: 87723
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Kuiper Belt
Device: Kindle 3 (dead); Nook ST (dead); Sony PRS-T1; Onyx i86+
Quote:
Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Where did you find ADE for Android?

I've found ADE to be perfectly capable of centering headings and indenting all paragraphs but the first using nothing but simple CSS.

I format all my books the way I like them using CSS that's as simple as possible, and they all display as I intended them to. I'm mostly using Mantano these days (which is based on Adobe's RMSDK). All devices/renderers have quirks, but simple they don't really have too much trouble with.

Remember ... a single forgotten semi-colon, or other overlooked syntax error will cause ADE to ignore all CSS that comes after (Sigil's Webkit renderer is more forgiving). You should get used to validating your CSS (Sigil will connect to W3C's online validator for you) to eliminate the possibility of simple syntax errors. It's easy enough, and will save you hours of grief looking for what your eyes refuse to see sometimes.

Moon Reader (great app that it is) is all about allowing readers to defeat--or get around--the CSS imposed by an ebook's creator without having to actually edit the epub itself. As such, ebook creators who are trying to achieve a particular look for their project--using CSS--should probably steer clear of using it (Moon) to preview with (even with all its CSS overrides turned off). It's meant for readers who want to display things any which way EXCEPT the way you (its creator) intended it to be displayed. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you know it going in.
Can you provide me with a sample of an epub you created which makes use of an external stylesheet and not inline styles ?
medwatt is offline   Reply With Quote