diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManagerImpl.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.reactnativecommunity.webview

 import android.app.DownloadManager
 import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo
+import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import android.graphics.Color
 import android.net.Uri
@@ -88,7 +89,9 @@ class RNCWebViewManagerImpl(private val newArch: Boolean = false) {
             ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
             ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
         )
-        if (ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+        val isDebuggable =
+            webView.context.applicationInfo.flags and ApplicationInfo.FLAG_DEBUGGABLE != 0
+        if (ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG && isDebuggable) {
             WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(true)
         }
         webView.setDownloadListener(DownloadListener { url, userAgent, contentDisposition, mimetype, contentLength ->
@@ -712,7 +715,9 @@ class RNCWebViewManagerImpl(private val newArch: Boolean = false) {
     }

     fun setWebviewDebuggingEnabled(viewWrapper: RNCWebViewWrapper, enabled: Boolean) {
-        RNCWebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(enabled)
+        val isDebuggable =
+            viewWrapper.webView.context.applicationInfo.flags and ApplicationInfo.FLAG_DEBUGGABLE != 0
+        RNCWebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(enabled && isDebuggable)
     }

     fun setPaymentRequestEnabled(viewWrapper: RNCWebViewWrapper, enabled: Boolean) {