ionic 4 - add usesCleartextTraffic permission

Question

From Android 9, Android blocks cleartext traffic (HTTP), unless the app explicitly allows it in the configuration.

I added android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" to the application field in AndroidManifest.xml and it works successfully.

The question is, what is the correct way to allow clear text HTTP traffic in ionic?

I believe edit the AndroidManifest manually is not the correct way.

check this : https://stackoverflow.com/q/45940861/7666442 and this one https://stackoverflow.com/q/55074899/7666442 — AskNilesh, Jun 04 '19 at 07:29
Thanks but these answers are for regular development with Android. I don't know if this is the right way for ionic development — RafaelJan, Jun 04 '19 at 08:32

Rahul Khurana · Answer 1 · 2019-06-04T10:06:47.783

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Indicates whether the app intends to use cleartext network traffic, such as cleartext HTTP. The default value is "true".

So basically this is the official way to implement and explicitly allows HTTP traffic

To check at runtime if the ClearText is permitted use NetworkSecurityPolicy.isCleartextTrafficPermitted() method.

EDIT

If you want to modify AndroidManifest.xml in ionic the must visit this link.

edited Jun 04 '19 at 10:06

answered Jun 04 '19 at 07:32

Rahul Khurana

Thanks for the answer but this was true until Android 8.1 (API level 27). Starting with Android 9 (API level 28), cleartext support is disabled by default. See this https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-config#CleartextTrafficPermitted – RafaelJan Jun 04 '19 at 08:30
@RefaelJan Please read your question again what you have asked ?? – Rahul Khurana Jun 04 '19 at 09:06
What do you mean? – RafaelJan Jun 04 '19 at 09:06
I think I wrote it very clear: The question is, what is the correct way to allow clear text HTTP traffic in ionic? – RafaelJan Jun 04 '19 at 09:27
Adding it in the **AndroidManifest.xml** is the correct way – Rahul Khurana Jun 04 '19 at 09:31
if you declare this in the manifest file you are allowing HTTP traffic – Rahul Khurana Jun 04 '19 at 09:32
As I wrote, I edit the manifest and it work but this is not how things should be changed in ionic – RafaelJan Jun 04 '19 at 09:33
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/194425/discussion-between-refaeljan-and-rahul-khurana). – RafaelJan Jun 04 '19 at 09:44
@RefaelJan if your problem is resolved then don't forget to accept and upvote the answer – Rahul Khurana Jun 06 '19 at 07:36

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