Important Steps to improve WebView Performance in Android

Improve WebView Performance

Follow these simple coding tricks to improve Android WebView Performance.

WebView mWebView = new WebView(this);

WebSettings settings = mWebView.getSettings();

settings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

settings.setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);

settings.setUseWideViewPort(true);

settings.setSupportZoom(true);

settings.setBuiltInZoomControls(false);

settings.setLayoutAlgorithm(WebSettings.LayoutAlgorithm.SINGLE_COLUMN);

settings.setCacheMode(WebSettings.LOAD_NO_CACHE);

settings.setDomStorageEnabled(true);

mWebView.setScrollBarStyle(WebView.SCROLLBARS_OUTSIDE_OVERLAY);

mWebView.setScrollbarFadingEnabled(true);

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {

mWebView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE, null);

} else {

mWebView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);

}