diff --git a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/webview/DomWebView.kt b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/webview/DomWebView.kt
--- a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/webview/DomWebView.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/webview/DomWebView.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package expo.modules.webview

 import android.animation.ObjectAnimator
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.content.Context
+import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import android.graphics.Color
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@ internal class DomWebView(context: Context, appContext: AppContext) : ExpoView(c
   // region Public methods

   fun reload() {
-    WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(webviewDebuggingEnabled)
+    val isDebuggable =
+      context.applicationInfo.flags and ApplicationInfo.FLAG_DEBUGGABLE != 0
+    WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(webviewDebuggingEnabled && isDebuggable)

     source?.uri?.let {
       if (it != webView.url) {