CLEARTEXT communication not permitted by network security policy working on my mobile

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I am building an APP, and facing CLEARTEXT communication not permitted by network security policy error on my friend mobile (I am just testing it on anther mobile). of course i am not able to trace the problem as the application is working OK on my mobile (without USB debugging), I download it from google play.

I did all needed to resolve this problem by adding android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" to application tag in AndroidManifest.xml also I added android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"

my config XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <network-security-config>
      <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
      <domain includeSubdomains="true">MY IP</domain>
  </domain-config>
</network-security-config>

Its still not working. I cannot trace the problem on my mobile because its working. Why i am not getting the same error as my friend mobile???

I want it to give me same error on my mobile to be able to trace the problem. I removed all the above options and it still working on my mobile. It was even working before I added any thing as I only discovered the problem after Installed on my friend mobile.

If you problem solved, then please mark the answer as accepted. — Mohd Asif Ahmed, Apr 22 '21 at 05:04

score 112 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 24 '22 at 18:56

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If you use http instead of https in your url, add this line to AndroidManifest.xml in the <application> tag.

android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"

This should solve your problem.

edited Aug 24 '22 at 18:56

Braden Weber

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answered Jun 19 '20 at 19:12

Mohd Asif Ahmed

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ok, but whats the point of introducing such a feature by google except complicate dev life – Dr Deo Dec 18 '21 at 13:09
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Any way to do this programmatically? – Top-Master Jun 04 '22 at 09:39
worked. Thanks. Can you explain the logic behind this? What is the actual issue? – dennisrufigill Jun 14 '22 at 11:55
I can also happen if you use `https://` but the server redirects your request to `http://` – Alex Aug 15 '22 at 17:59
this was part of the solution. In my case I also needed to change `localhost` to `10.0.2.2` in the base url. – Panos Gr Oct 04 '22 at 13:42
it resolves my question, tks – nijian81 Mar 17 '23 at 08:40
For me it did not work – FtheBuilder May 26 '23 at 23:46

score 32 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 01 '22 at 13:18

I had the same problem with react-native project. I get resolved the issue with this article, putting the domain name of my hosting provider.

Create res/xml/network_security_config.xml with content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
    <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
        <domain includeSubdomains="true">my-domain-name.com</domain>
    </domain-config>
</network-security-config>

Point to this file from your manifest (for bonus points add it only for the test manifest):

<application
  android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
  android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
     <activity android:name=" (...)
</application>

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '22 at 10:46

work for me! If you use Http instead of Https in your api url, then
just add => android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" in AndroidManifest.xml in tag.

 <application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
    android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    tools:targetApi="31"
    android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">

Isn't this circumventing security policy of Android? – IgorGanapolsky Apr 11 '23 at 16:29 — IgorGanapolsky, Apr 11 '23 at 16:29

Darshak Patel · Answer 4 · 2022-09-27T07:18:09.180

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android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"

just put this line in your Androidmanifest.xml in <application tag

edited Sep 27 '22 at 07:18

answered Sep 27 '22 at 07:17

Darshak Patel

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