Modify AndroidManifest.xml in ionic project

Issue

I've got to add these following line in my AndroidManifest.xml :

<network-security-config>
    <base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
        <trust-anchors>
            <certificates src="system" />
        </trust-anchors>
    </base-config>
</network-security-config>

I add this in my project_path/config.xml :

<edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
            <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" />
            <network-security-config>
                <base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
                    <trust-anchors>
                        <certificates src="system" />
                    </trust-anchors>
                </base-config>
            </network-security-config>
        </edit-config>

but my AndroidManifest.xml isn't modified when I execute ionic cordova build android

Solution

networkSecurityConfig isn't loading its config directly from config.xml. It's in an separated XML file. It is from ressources/android/xml/network_security_config.xml file (as the line <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" /> state in config.xml)

Put the following in ressources/android/xml/network_security_config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
  <base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
    <trust-anchors>
      <certificates src="system" />
    </trust-anchors>
  </base-config>
</network-security-config>

Then run

ionic cordova prepare

Now into platforms/android/app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml you will see that your config got updated accordingly.

Answered By - lsmod