I am working on how to connect my app to a server which is running on NodeJS and MongoDB, I am relatively a beginner so I wondered how do i connect them, I am currently using Retrofit for making a connection as many suggested I have created a network security config xml file I have tried it then i have seen this article in android website suggesting it is discontinued after android 8.1 text
I am getting an error of CLEARTEXT communication to localhost (I also tried with 10.0.2.2) is not permitted by network security policy.
I have also checked the YouTube for any recommends but nobody has worked on it yet…
Can anybody suggest/write the answer
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
<domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="false">
<domain includeSubdomains="true">localhost</domain>
<domain includeSubdomains="true">10.0.2.2</domain> <!-- If using emulator -->
<!-- Add other domains as needed -->
</domain-config>
</network-security-config>
as well as
in AndroidManifest.xml
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
I have added it too
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The flag android:usesClearTextTraffic is ignored below SDK Level 23, i.e Android 6, marshmallow, as you rightly said
What you have done wrong here, is adding both the things together
If you set this flag, it should work above API 23, without any issues for you
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
But you also have an additional network security config, where you explicitly say that you don’t want to permit clear text traffic
<domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="false"> // This should be true, to allow request to HTTP servers like localhost
So there is a conflict, one place is true, one place is false. Both should ideally be the same