What HTTP client does Android’s Webview use under the hood to establish an HTTP connection when loading a URL into the webview? More specifically, does it use it’s own HTTP client or one of the following: HttpsURLConnection, DefaultHttpClient or AndroidHttpClient.
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Since Android 4.4 the webview uses chromium. More Infos [here](https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/webview/overview). And [here](https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/network-stack) the Network stack of the chromium Project. – Vall0n Sep 30 '16 at 09:48