Android Microsoft Office Library (.doc, .docx, .xls, .ppt, Etc.)
Answer : Since most of the documents we need to display are already hosted on the web, we opted to use an embedded web view that opens the document using google docs viewer. We still have a few locally stored documents though that this approach doesn't work with. For these, our solution was to rely on the support of existing apps. After spending some more time with Android, It seems that most devices come equipped with some sort of document/pdf reading capability installed fresh out of the box. In the event that they don't have a capable app, we direct them to a market search for a free reader. Unfortunately there's no built in Android control to edit MS Office files, or even to display them! It's a pretty big omission given iOS has built in support for displaying Office files. There don't seem to be viewer app consistently enough available to rely on (and they may not provide the kind of user experience you're hoping for either). If you want to disp