
Last week, a client reached out —
“My WebView app takes forever to load… it’s painfully slow.” 😩
When I checked, the issue wasn’t the website — it was the WebView settings.
By default, Android WebView isn’t fully optimized for speed — you have to tweak it.
Here’s what I used 👇
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webView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE, null);
webView.getSettings().setCacheMode(WebSettings.LOAD_CACHE_ELSE_NETWORK);
webView.getSettings().setRenderPriority(WebSettings.RenderPriority.HIGH);
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✅ What this does:
* Hardware Acceleration → makes rendering faster
* Cache Mode → loads faster on repeat visits
* Render Priority → ensures smooth UI rendering
After applying these, the load time dropped from 6 seconds → 2 seconds ⚡
If your WebView app feels sluggish, it’s not your website — it’s the setup.
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