Android Webview set proxy programmatically Kitkat

Question

How can we set proxy in Android webview programmatically on latest Kitkat release?

This SO link WebView android proxy talks about version upto SDK version 18. But th

Answer 1

Had some issues with the provided solution on some devices when loading page from onCreate right away after setting the proxy configuration. Opening the web page after some small delay solved the problem. Seems like the proxy config needs some time to get effective.