A WebView Android app is a type of mobile application built for Android devices that primarily uses a WebView component to display web content within the app. In simpler terms, it's like embedding a mini web browser inside your app.
WebView is a class in the Android SDK (android.webkit.WebView
) that allows you to load and display web pages inside your app—just like how a browser would show them.
Instead of building the app's UI with native Android components, you can create a website (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and load it inside the app using WebView. This is especially useful if:
You already have a responsive website.
You want a quick and simple mobile app version of your site.
You don’t want to build the entire app natively from scratch.