diff --git a/src/android/InAppBrowser.java b/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
index 63eb945..99bbcf7 100644
--- a/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
+++ b/src/android/InAppBrowser.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser;
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
-import android.app.ProgressDialog;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
@@ -59,6 +57,7 @@ import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.ImageButton;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
+import android.widget.ProgressBar;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ import org.apache.cordova.CordovaArgs;
 import org.apache.cordova.CordovaHttpAuthHandler;
 import org.apache.cordova.CordovaPlugin;
 import org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebView;
-import org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser.InAppBrowserDialog;
 import org.apache.cordova.LOG;
 import org.apache.cordova.PluginManager;
 import org.apache.cordova.PluginResult;
@@ -119,6 +117,7 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
     private InAppBrowserDialog dialog;
     private WebView inAppWebView;
     private EditText edittext;
+    private ProgressBar progressBar;
     private CallbackContext callbackContext;
     private boolean showLocationBar = true;
     private boolean showZoomControls = true;
@@ -991,6 +990,13 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
                     main.addView(toolbar);
                 }
 
+                // Progress Bar
+                progressBar = new ProgressBar(webView.getContext(), null, android.R.attr.progressBarStyleHorizontal);
+                progressBar.setIndeterminate(true);
+                progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+
+                main.addView(progressBar);
+
                 // Add our webview to our main view/layout
                 RelativeLayout webViewLayout = new RelativeLayout(cordova.getActivity());
                 webViewLayout.addView(inAppWebView);
@@ -1088,7 +1094,6 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
     public class InAppBrowserClient extends WebViewClient {
         EditText edittext;
         CordovaWebView webView;
-        ProgressDialog progressDialog;
 
         /**
          * Constructor.
@@ -1099,17 +1104,6 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
         public InAppBrowserClient(CordovaWebView webView, EditText mEditText) {
             this.webView = webView;
             this.edittext = mEditText;
-
-            progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(webView.getContext());
-            progressDialog.setCancelable(true);
-            progressDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
-            progressDialog.setIndeterminate(true);
-            progressDialog.setOnCancelListener(new DialogInterface.OnCancelListener(){
-                @Override
-                public void onCancel(DialogInterface dialog){
-                    inAppWebView.stopLoading();
-                }
-            });
         }
 
         /**
@@ -1236,8 +1230,7 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
             } catch (JSONException ex) {
                 LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "URI passed in has caused a JSON error.");
             }
-
-            progressDialog.show();
+            progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
         }
 
 
@@ -1265,8 +1258,7 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
             } catch (JSONException ex) {
                 LOG.d(LOG_TAG, "Should never happen");
             }
-
-            progressDialog.dismiss();
+            progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
         }
 
         public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) {
@@ -1283,8 +1275,7 @@ public class InAppBrowser extends CordovaPlugin {
             } catch (JSONException ex) {
                 LOG.d(LOG_TAG, "Should never happen");
             }
-
-            progressDialog.dismiss();
+            progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
         }
 
         /**