# plex channel xml cdata styling not recognized by android app?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-channel-xml-cdata-styling-not-recognized-by-android-app/109114>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** plugin-dev\
**Created:** [July 24, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-channel-xml-cdata-styling-not-recognized-by-android-app/109114 "2015-07-24T09:36:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![redchiliflakes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/redchiliflakes/32/122808_2.png) [@redchiliflakes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/redchiliflakes)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-channel-xml-cdata-styling-not-recognized-by-android-app/109114/1 "2015-07-24T09:36:47Z")

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Hey guys,

Running into a small problem, dunno if I’m doing things right.

Styled XML using CDATA and it appears fine in Plex/Web but not in android.

In android it shows all the styling asif it were text.

Below is a small snippet.

Appreciate your inputs and advice on the best way to style xml, xslt?

Thanks.

`````auto
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>"Music"</title>
<description>"Albums"</description>
<item>
  <title><! [CDATA [ <span style='text-align:center;color:#FF9800;font-weight:bold;'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;] ]>Madonna< ! [CDATA [ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span>] ] ></title> 
  <description>< ! [CDATA [<span style='text-align:center;color:#FF9800;font-weight:bold;' >] ] >Like a virgin!< ![CDATA [ </span>] ] ></description>
</item>
<item>
  <title>< ! [CDATA [ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;] ] > Prince < ! [CDATA [ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;] ] ></title> 
  <description>Musicology</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>````
`````

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**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-channel-xml-cdata-styling-not-recognized-by-android-app/109114/2 "2015-07-27T00:15:04Z")

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You can’t style (meta)data in any of the Plex clients. It’s a bit of a surprise to me that it works in Plex/Web, but it’s probably not meant to do that.

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**Author:** ![redchiliflakes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/redchiliflakes/32/122808_2.png) [@redchiliflakes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/redchiliflakes)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-channel-xml-cdata-styling-not-recognized-by-android-app/109114/3 "2015-07-27T03:45:24Z")

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Yeah, figured that out after posting here. Even summary of a ObjectContainer does not seem to show in the android client, only title, no way to wrap that text either.

Plex/Web ideally would always show styling since its in a browser and has no choice but to render CDATA. Hear you loud and clear though, decided to not go that route. Thank you for taking the time to reply.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-channel-xml-cdata-styling-not-recognized-by-android-app/109114/4 "2020-01-08T19:50:16Z")

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