Disable Android WebView/WebViewClient Initiated favicon.ico Request

Question

How can I disable the Android WebView/WebViewClient from sending out a request for favicon.ico when I call WebView.loadUrl()? I can see the call being made while profiling r

Answer 1

There is a method for WebView class named getFavicon(). I think that method is called by WebView to retrieve the favicon from server by issuing request. So you can try extending the WebView class and override the getFavicon() method to do nothing. I haven't tried it myself but this might work.