Is There a Standard Help Document/Manual in Android? [closed]

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I am writing and publishing my apps on android and would like to provide help document (manual) to users of my apps. I've seen apps open up external web pages as their help, or use html view to open local html documents. Are these the ways we are supposed to deliver manual to our users?

asked Mar 22, 2010 at 16:12 2,076 24 24 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges

thanks for your answers! I decided to go with local content rendered via webview. As well as trying to make my app as intuitive as possible.

Commented Mar 25, 2010 at 3:47

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Are these the ways we are supposed to deliver manual to our users?

You can do whatever you want:

Use WebView directly for local content
Use Browser directly for remote content (e.g., Web site of documentation)
Publish your manual in EPUB and load it into one of the available EPUB readers, if the user has one installed
Publish your manual in PDF and load it into one of the available PDF readers, if the user has one installed
Use VideoView directly for local (or remote) "screencast" style instructions

However, there is no built-in dedicated "help framework" in Android. If you wish to make a name for yourself in the world of Android, consider writing one.