Is there a better way to refresh WebView?

You could call an mWebView.reload(); That's what it does

1) In case you want to reload the same URL:

mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.websitehere.php");

so the full code would be

newButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
   public void onClick(View v) {
    dgeActivity.this.mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.websitehere.php");
   }});

2) You can also call mWebView.reload() but be aware this reposts a page if the request was POST, so only works correctly with GET.

The best solution is to just do webView.loadUrl( "javascript:window.location.reload( true )" );. This should work on all versions and doesn't introduce new history entries.

This worked for me.

just put under onCreate metode

Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.reload_btn);
    button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            web.loadUrl( "javascript:window.location.reload( true )" );             
        }
    });

This is the code that can reload a website in a webView

web.loadUrl( "javascript:window.location.reload( true )" );