What is the difference between LOAD_DEFAULT and LOAD_NORMAL for WebSettings?

Question

I have an activity with a WebView and want to cache content. By default, it does not appear to be using the cache.

Android's WebSettings has several different cache-related constants.

When I set the cache mode to 'LOAD_CACHE_ELSE_NETWORK', it appears to use the cache. However, I don't want to use expired cache content.

This leaves me with using:

1. LOAD_DEFAULT: "Default cache usage pattern" or
2. LOAD_NORMAL: "Normal cache usage pattern"

But the documentation does not elaborate on what "normal" and "default" mean.

How do these two modes differ?

Answer 1

I agree, one would expect that NORMAL_MODE is the default mode, but clearly this is two different values.

I think answer to question 2. (LOAD_NORMAL) is answered in the documentation for WebSettings.setCacheMode(int mode)

For a normal page load, the cache is checked and content is re-validated as needed. When navigating back, content is not revalidated, instead the content is just pulled from the cache. This function allows the client to override this behavior.