diff --git a/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/ArticleWebView.swift b/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/ArticleWebView.swift
index 977ffaf..900a508 100644
--- a/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/ArticleWebView.swift
+++ b/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/ArticleWebView.swift
@@ -18,8 +18,28 @@ final class ArticleRenderer {
webView.backgroundColor = .clear
webView.scrollView.isScrollEnabled = true
- // Pre-warm: spin up WebContent process at app launch
- webView.loadHTMLString("", baseURL: nil)
+ // Pre-warm with realistic content. An empty
+ // only warms the WebContent process. Loading the real CSS template with
+ // sample text forces WebKit to also parse CSS, load/measure system fonts,
+ // initialize the layout engine, and spin up the compositing pipeline.
+ // This shifts the ~3s first-render cost to app launch (background) so the
+ // first article open doesn't stall.
+ webView.loadHTMLString(ArticleHTMLBuilder.build(
+ title: "Warming up",
+ url: nil,
+ feedName: "Reader",
+ author: "System",
+ timeAgo: "now",
+ readingTime: "1 min",
+ body: """
+ Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. \
+ Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
+ Section heading
+ Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.
+ Quoted text for blockquote styling.
+ code { display: block; }
+ """
+ ), baseURL: nil)
}
}