Can I add rich formatting (bold, italics, underline) on XForms labels and hints?

Question

We are developing an XForms-based survey system. The client wants to add rich-formatting to labels and hints.

Is this possible? If so, how do you define formatting on the XForm xml? Is there a reference page that I can go to?

UPDATE: We're currently implementing for ODK, which uses JavaRosa. We're planning to launch our own mobile application later, keeping compatibility with the current ODK Collect application.

UPDATE 2: Our client would actually like to have a label in the form of:

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Answer 1

ODK Collect doesn't have rich formatting but you can use images. I put together a text renderer that allows you to format your text with pango markup if that's any help.