Http request are still not allowed after enabling it with networkSecurityConfig

Question

I am trying to make a http request to a device which creates its own wifi hotspot and which allows only http requests. With android 8 and lower http request are successful but with android 9 they are failing. Though with google pixel 2 it seems to be working, which uses android 9.

I have tried to enable android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" in AndroidManifest.xml .

I set networkSecurityConfig like suggested in the solution found here How to allow all Network connection types HTTP and HTTPS in Android (9) Pie?

AndroidManifestXml

   <application
      android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
      android:name=".MainApplication"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:allowBackup="false"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
      <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">

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>

m2rt m2rt · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-03T10:43:59

Finally found solution. Because the device I was connecting to didn't had internet connection. When I connected manually to device I saw that android 9 showed me popup with following text: wifi has no internet are you sure you want to connect to it.

The solution was to use forceWifi() function, which forces android to use the connection.

Http request are still not allowed after enabling it with networkSecurityConfig

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