How do I stop fragments from reloading WebView when selected from bottom navigation?

I need to stop each fragment from refreshing when selected from the bottom menu. There is loads of similar questions on here but being new to Android development I can't seem to get any to work. I think I know why it's happening (I believe I'm calling return new for each fragment) but unsure how to implement slightly different coding. In summary, I need each tab to load a WebView when first clicked then remain in that state until the user clicks a link within that view or closes the App.

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener {

private BottomNavigationView mBottomNavigation;
private ViewPager viewPager;
private ViewPagerAdapter mViewPagerAdapter;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    loadFragment(new HomeFragment());
    mBottomNavigation = findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
    mBottomNavigation.setOnNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);

    viewPager = findViewById(R.id.view_pager);

    mViewPagerAdapter = new ViewPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
    viewPager.setAdapter(mViewPagerAdapter);
    viewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(5);

}

private boolean loadFragment(Fragment fragment) {
    if (fragment != null) {
        FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
        ft.replace(R.id.container, fragment);
        ft.commit();
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

@Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {
    Fragment fragment = null;
    switch (menuItem.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.navigation_news:
            fragment = new HomeFragment();
            break;
        case R.id.navigation_scheduled:
            fragment = new DashboardFragment();
            break;
        case R.id.navigation_LIVE:
            fragment = new NotificationsFragment();
            break;
        case R.id.navigation_results:
            fragment = new ResultsFragment();
            break;
        case R.id.navigation_help:
            fragment = new HelpFragment();
            break;
    }
    return loadFragment(fragment);
}}

ViewPagerAdapter.java

public class ViewPagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {

public ViewPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm){
    super(fm);
}

@Override
public Fragment getItem(int position){
    switch (position) {
        case 0:
            return new HomeFragment();
        case 1:
            return new DashboardFragment();
        case 2:
            return new NotificationsFragment();
        case 3:
            return new ResultsFragment();
        case 4:
            return new HelpFragment();
    }
    return null;
    }
    @Override
public int getCount(){
    return 5;
}

}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="0dp">

<androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/view_pager"/>

<com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
    android:id="@+id/nav_view"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginStart="0dp"
    android:layout_marginEnd="0dp"
    android:background="?android:attr/windowBackground"
    app:labelVisibilityMode="labeled"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:menu="@menu/bottom_nav_menu" />

/>

<fragment
    android:id="@+id/nav_host_fragment_activity_main"
    android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    app:defaultNavHost="true"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/nav_view"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.091"
    app:navGraph="@navigation/mobile_navigation"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="9dp" />

    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

HomeFragment.java

public class HomeFragment extends Fragment {

private HomeViewModel HomeViewModel;
private FragmentHomeBinding binding;



@Override


public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_home, container, false);

    String url = "https://www.google.com";
    WebView view = (WebView)rootView.findViewById(R.id.webviewnews);
    view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    view.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
    view.loadUrl(url);




    return rootView;
}

@Override
public void onDestroyView() {
    super.onDestroyView();
    binding = null;
}
}

Thank you in advance.

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