diff --git a/android/src/main/java/io/ionic/portals/reactnative/PortalView.kt b/android/src/main/java/io/ionic/portals/reactnative/PortalView.kt
index 8318297..10ce9e2 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/io/ionic/portals/reactnative/PortalView.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/io/ionic/portals/reactnative/PortalView.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package io.ionic.portals.reactnative
 
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
 import android.util.Log
 import android.view.Choreographer
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
+import android.webkit.WebView
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity
+import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleEventObserver
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap
@@ -19,7 +25,8 @@ import io.ionic.portals.WebVitals
 private data class PortalViewState(
     var fragment: PortalFragment?,
     var portal: RNPortal?,
-    var initialContext: HashMap<String, Any?>?
+    var initialContext: HashMap<String, Any?>?,
+    var webContentsDebuggingEnabled: Boolean?
 )
 
 internal class PortalViewManager(private val context: ReactApplicationContext) :
@@ -35,13 +42,19 @@ internal class PortalViewManager(private val context: ReactApplicationContext) :
         // Casting is safe and keeps old versions compatible
         val initialContext = portal.getMap("initialContext")?.toHashMap() as HashMap<String, Any?>?
 
-        when (fragmentMap[viewGroup.id]) {
-            null -> fragmentMap[viewGroup.id] = PortalViewState(
-                fragment = null,
-                portal = RNPortalManager.createPortal(portal),
-                initialContext
-            )
+        val state = fragmentMap.getOrPut(viewGroup.id) {
+            PortalViewState(null, null, null, null)
         }
+        state.portal = RNPortalManager.createPortal(portal)
+        state.initialContext = initialContext
+    }
+
+    @ReactProp(name = "webContentsDebuggingEnabled")
+    fun setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(viewGroup: ViewGroup, webContentsDebuggingEnabled: Boolean) {
+        val state = fragmentMap.getOrPut(viewGroup.id) {
+            PortalViewState(null, null, null, null)
+        }
+        state.webContentsDebuggingEnabled = webContentsDebuggingEnabled
     }
 
     override fun getName() = "AndroidPortalView"
@@ -99,12 +112,26 @@ internal class PortalViewManager(private val context: ReactApplicationContext) :
         }
 
         val portalFragment = PortalFragment(portal)
-
         viewState.initialContext?.let(portalFragment::setInitialContext)
         viewState.fragment = portalFragment
 
-        val fragmentActivity = context.currentActivity as? FragmentActivity ?: return
-        fragmentActivity.supportFragmentManager
+        portalFragment.lifecycle.addObserver(object : LifecycleEventObserver {
+            override fun onStateChanged(source: LifecycleOwner, event: Lifecycle.Event) {
+                if (event == Lifecycle.Event.ON_RESUME) {
+                    source.lifecycle.removeObserver(this)
+
+                    viewState.webContentsDebuggingEnabled?.let { enabled ->
+                        // Post to the next main loop iteration to avoid racing with WebView initialization
+                        Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).post {
+                            WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(enabled)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        })
+
+        val activity = context.currentActivity as? FragmentActivity ?: return
+        activity.supportFragmentManager
             .beginTransaction()
             .replace(viewId, portalFragment, "$viewId")
             .commit()
diff --git a/ios/PortalView.mm b/ios/PortalView.mm
index 6bf00c5..92108c3 100644
--- a/ios/PortalView.mm
+++ b/ios/PortalView.mm
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 
 @interface RCT_EXTERN_MODULE(IONPortalViewManager, RCTViewManager)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(portal, NSDictionary)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(webContentsDebuggingEnabled, BOOL)
 @end
diff --git a/ios/PortalView.swift b/ios/PortalView.swift
index 3293077..7f81ed8 100644
--- a/ios/PortalView.swift
+++ b/ios/PortalView.swift
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PortalView: UIView {
             DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
                 guard let self = self else { return }
                 self.webView?.removeFromSuperview()
-                let webView = PortalUIView(portal: portal._portal)
+                let webView = PortalUIView(portal: portal._portal.configuring(\.isWebDebuggable, webContentsDebuggingEnabled))
                 webView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
                 self.addSubview(webView)
                 NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
@@ -74,4 +74,18 @@ class PortalView: UIView {
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    @objc var webContentsDebuggingEnabled: Bool = {
+        #if DEBUG
+        true
+        #else
+        false
+        #endif
+    }() {
+        didSet {
+            if #available(iOS 16.4, *) {
+                self.webView?.bridge.webView?.isInspectable = webContentsDebuggingEnabled
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 3aa95cf..a32fc6c 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@ export interface AssetMap {
 /**
  * Props needed for rendering a {@link Portal}
  */
-export type PortalProps = { portal: Portal; webVitals?: WebVitals } & ViewProps;
+export type PortalProps = {
+  portal: Portal;
+  webVitals?: WebVitals;
+  webContentsDebuggingEnabled?: boolean;
+} & ViewProps;
 
 export interface LiveUpdate {
   /** The AppFlow application ID */