diff --git a/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
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+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    package="com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge">
+
+</manifest>
diff --git a/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/ReactWebViewManager.java b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/ReactWebViewManager.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.SystemClock;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.webkit.WebView;
+import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
+
+import com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge.events.TopLoadingErrorEvent;
+import com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge.events.TopLoadingFinishEvent;
+import com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge.events.TopLoadingStartEvent;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.common.MapBuilder;
+import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.SimpleViewManager;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
+
+/**
+ * Manages instances of {@link WebView}
+ *
+ * Can accept following commands:
+ *  - GO_BACK
+ *  - GO_FORWARD
+ *  - RELOAD
+ *
+ * {@link WebView} instances could emit following direct events:
+ *  - topLoadingFinish
+ *  - topLoadingStart
+ *  - topLoadingError
+ *
+ * Each event will carry the following properties:
+ *  - target - view's react tag
+ *  - url - url set for the webview
+ *  - loading - whether webview is in a loading state
+ *  - title - title of the current page
+ *  - canGoBack - boolean, whether there is anything on a history stack to go back
+ *  - canGoForward - boolean, whether it is possible to request GO_FORWARD command
+ */
+public class ReactWebViewBridgeManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
+
+  private static final String REACT_CLASS = "RCTWebView";
+
+  private static final String HTML_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
+  private static final String HTML_MIME_TYPE = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
+
+  public static final int COMMAND_GO_BACK = 1;
+  public static final int COMMAND_GO_FORWARD = 2;
+  public static final int COMMAND_RELOAD = 3;
+
+  // Use `webView.loadUrl("about:blank")` to reliably reset the view
+  // state and release page resources (including any running JavaScript).
+  private static final String BLANK_URL = "about:blank";
+
+  private WebViewConfig mWebViewConfig;
+
+  private static class ReactWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
+
+    private boolean mLastLoadFailed = false;
+
+    @Override
+    public void onPageFinished(WebView webView, String url) {
+      super.onPageFinished(webView, url);
+
+      if (!mLastLoadFailed) {
+        ReactWebView reactWebView = (ReactWebView) webView;
+        reactWebView.callInjectedJavaScript();
+        emitFinishEvent(webView, url);
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onPageStarted(WebView webView, String url, Bitmap favicon) {
+      super.onPageStarted(webView, url, favicon);
+      mLastLoadFailed = false;
+
+      dispatchEvent(
+          webView,
+          new TopLoadingStartEvent(
+              webView.getId(),
+              SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
+              createWebViewEvent(webView, url)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onReceivedError(
+        WebView webView,
+        int errorCode,
+        String description,
+        String failingUrl) {
+      super.onReceivedError(webView, errorCode, description, failingUrl);
+      mLastLoadFailed = true;
+
+      // In case of an error JS side expect to get a finish event first, and then get an error event
+      // Android WebView does it in the opposite way, so we need to simulate that behavior
+      emitFinishEvent(webView, failingUrl);
+
+      WritableMap eventData = createWebViewEvent(webView, failingUrl);
+      eventData.putDouble("code", errorCode);
+      eventData.putString("description", description);
+
+      dispatchEvent(
+          webView,
+          new TopLoadingErrorEvent(webView.getId(), SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), eventData));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void doUpdateVisitedHistory(WebView webView, String url, boolean isReload) {
+      super.doUpdateVisitedHistory(webView, url, isReload);
+
+      dispatchEvent(
+          webView,
+          new TopLoadingStartEvent(
+            webView.getId(),
+            SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
+            createWebViewEvent(webView, url)));
+    }
+
+    private void emitFinishEvent(WebView webView, String url) {
+      dispatchEvent(
+          webView,
+          new TopLoadingFinishEvent(
+              webView.getId(),
+              SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
+              createWebViewEvent(webView, url)));
+    }
+
+    private static void dispatchEvent(WebView webView, Event event) {
+      ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) webView.getContext();
+      EventDispatcher eventDispatcher =
+          reactContext.getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class).getEventDispatcher();
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(event);
+    }
+
+    private WritableMap createWebViewEvent(WebView webView, String url) {
+      WritableMap event = Arguments.createMap();
+      event.putDouble("target", webView.getId());
+      // Don't use webView.getUrl() here, the URL isn't updated to the new value yet in callbacks
+      // like onPageFinished
+      event.putString("url", url);
+      event.putBoolean("loading", !mLastLoadFailed && webView.getProgress() != 100);
+      event.putString("title", webView.getTitle());
+      event.putBoolean("canGoBack", webView.canGoBack());
+      event.putBoolean("canGoForward", webView.canGoForward());
+      return event;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Subclass of {@link WebView} that implements {@link LifecycleEventListener} interface in order
+   * to call {@link WebView#destroy} on activty destroy event and also to clear the client
+   */
+  private static class ReactWebView extends WebView implements LifecycleEventListener {
+    private @Nullable String injectedJS;
+
+    /**
+     * WebView must be created with an context of the current activity
+     *
+     * Activity Context is required for creation of dialogs internally by WebView
+     * Reactive Native needed for access to ReactNative internal system functionality
+     *
+     */
+    public ReactWebView(ThemedReactContext reactContext) {
+      super(reactContext);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onHostResume() {
+      // do nothing
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onHostPause() {
+      // do nothing
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onHostDestroy() {
+      cleanupCallbacksAndDestroy();
+    }
+
+    public void setInjectedJavaScript(@Nullable String js) {
+      injectedJS = js;
+    }
+
+    public void callInjectedJavaScript() {
+      if (
+          getSettings().getJavaScriptEnabled() &&
+              injectedJS != null &&
+              !TextUtils.isEmpty(injectedJS)) {
+        loadUrl("javascript:(function() {\n" + injectedJS + ";\n})();");
+      }
+    }
+
+    private void cleanupCallbacksAndDestroy() {
+      setWebViewClient(null);
+      destroy();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public ReactWebViewBridgeManager() {
+    mWebViewConfig = new WebViewConfig() {
+      public void configWebView(WebView webView) {
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  public ReactWebViewBridgeManager(WebViewConfig webViewConfig) {
+    mWebViewConfig = webViewConfig;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    return REACT_CLASS;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected WebView createViewInstance(ThemedReactContext reactContext) {
+    ReactWebView webView = new ReactWebView(reactContext);
+    reactContext.addLifecycleEventListener(webView);
+    mWebViewConfig.configWebView(webView);
+
+    if (ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
+      WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(true);
+    }
+
+    return webView;
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "javaScriptEnabled")
+  public void setJavaScriptEnabled(WebView view, boolean enabled) {
+    view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(enabled);
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "domStorageEnabled")
+  public void setDomStorageEnabled(WebView view, boolean enabled) {
+    view.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(enabled);
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "userAgent")
+  public void setUserAgent(WebView view, @Nullable String userAgent) {
+    if (userAgent != null) {
+      // TODO(8496850): Fix incorrect behavior when property is unset (uA == null)
+      view.getSettings().setUserAgentString(userAgent);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "injectedJavaScript")
+  public void setInjectedJavaScript(WebView view, @Nullable String injectedJavaScript) {
+    ((ReactWebView) view).setInjectedJavaScript(injectedJavaScript);
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "html")
+  public void setHtml(WebView view, @Nullable String html) {
+    if (html != null) {
+      view.loadData(html, HTML_MIME_TYPE, HTML_ENCODING);
+    } else {
+      view.loadUrl(BLANK_URL);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "url")
+  public void setUrl(WebView view, @Nullable String url) {
+    // TODO(8495359): url and html are coupled as they both call loadUrl, therefore in case when
+    // property url is removed in favor of property html being added in single transaction we may
+    // end up in a state when blank url is loaded as it depends on the order of update operations!
+
+    String currentUrl = view.getUrl();
+    if (currentUrl != null && currentUrl.equals(url)) {
+      // We are already loading it so no need to stomp over it and start again
+      return;
+    }
+    if (url != null) {
+      view.loadUrl(url);
+    } else {
+      view.loadUrl(BLANK_URL);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void addEventEmitters(ThemedReactContext reactContext, WebView view) {
+    // Do not register default touch emitter and let WebView implementation handle touches
+    view.setWebViewClient(new ReactWebViewClient());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public @Nullable Map<String, Integer> getCommandsMap() {
+    return MapBuilder.of(
+        "goBack", COMMAND_GO_BACK,
+        "goForward", COMMAND_GO_FORWARD,
+        "reload", COMMAND_RELOAD);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void receiveCommand(WebView root, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray args) {
+    switch (commandId) {
+      case COMMAND_GO_BACK:
+        root.goBack();
+        break;
+      case COMMAND_GO_FORWARD:
+        root.goForward();
+        break;
+      case COMMAND_RELOAD:
+        root.reload();
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void onDropViewInstance(WebView webView) {
+    super.onDropViewInstance(webView);
+    ((ThemedReactContext) webView.getContext()).removeLifecycleEventListener((ReactWebView) webView);
+    ((ReactWebView) webView).cleanupCallbacksAndDestroy();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/WebViewConfig.java b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/WebViewConfig.java
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+++ b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/WebViewConfig.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge;
+
+import android.webkit.WebView;
+
+/**
+ * Implement this interface in order to config your {@link WebView}. An instance of that
+ * implementation will have to be given as a constructor argument to {@link ReactWebViewManager}.
+ */
+public interface WebViewConfig {
+  void configWebView(WebView webView);
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingErrorEvent.java b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingErrorEvent.java
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingErrorEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge.events;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
+
+/**
+ * Event emitted when there is an error in loading.
+ */
+public class TopLoadingErrorEvent extends Event<TopLoadingErrorEvent> {
+
+  public static final String EVENT_NAME = "topLoadingError";
+  private WritableMap mEventData;
+
+  public TopLoadingErrorEvent(int viewId, long timestampMs, WritableMap eventData) {
+    super(viewId, timestampMs);
+    mEventData = eventData;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getEventName() {
+    return EVENT_NAME;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean canCoalesce() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public short getCoalescingKey() {
+    // All events for a given view can be coalesced.
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void dispatch(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
+    rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(getViewTag(), getEventName(), mEventData);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingFinishEvent.java b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingFinishEvent.java
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+++ b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingFinishEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge.events;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
+
+/**
+ * Event emitted when loading is completed.
+ */
+public class TopLoadingFinishEvent extends Event<TopLoadingFinishEvent> {
+
+  public static final String EVENT_NAME = "topLoadingFinish";
+  private WritableMap mEventData;
+
+  public TopLoadingFinishEvent(int viewId, long timestampMs, WritableMap eventData) {
+    super(viewId, timestampMs);
+    mEventData = eventData;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getEventName() {
+    return EVENT_NAME;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean canCoalesce() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public short getCoalescingKey() {
+    // All events for a given view can be coalesced.
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void dispatch(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
+    rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(getViewTag(), getEventName(), mEventData);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingStartEvent.java b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingStartEvent.java
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+++ b/android/src/main/com/github/alinz/reactnativewebviewbridge/events/TopLoadingStartEvent.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.github.alinz.reactnativewebviewbridge.events;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
+
+/**
+ * Event emitted when loading has started
+ */
+public class TopLoadingStartEvent extends Event<TopLoadingStartEvent> {
+
+  public static final String EVENT_NAME = "topLoadingStart";
+  private WritableMap mEventData;
+
+  public TopLoadingStartEvent(int viewId, long timestampMs, WritableMap eventData) {
+    super(viewId, timestampMs);
+    mEventData = eventData;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getEventName() {
+    return EVENT_NAME;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean canCoalesce() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public short getCoalescingKey() {
+    // All events for a given view can be coalesced.
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void dispatch(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
+    rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(getViewTag(), getEventName(), mEventData);
+  }
+}