{"id":17133,"date":"2024-03-15T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-resolve-the-issue-of-cleartext-traffic-in-android\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:47:21","slug":"how-to-resolve-the-issue-of-cleartext-traffic-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-resolve-the-issue-of-cleartext-traffic-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to resolve the issue of cleartext traffic in Androi&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, in Android, applications are unable to use unencrypted network requests in order to ensure the security of network communication. However, there are instances where we may need to allow applications to use unencrypted traffic to communicate with servers that do not support encryption.<\/p>\n<p>To address the issue of using plaintext traffic, you can try the following two methods:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Allow the usage of unencrypted network traffic on Android.<\/li>\n<li>application<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">application<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">...<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:usesCleartextTraffic<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"true\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    ...\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">application<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that using plain text traffic may pose security risks to network communication. Therefore, it is advised to only use this method when ensuring that the server supports encrypted communication.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u5c06\u670d\u52a1\u5668\u914d\u7f6e\u4e3a\u652f\u6301\u52a0\u5bc6\u901a\u4fe1\u3002\u8fd9\u662f\u66f4\u5b89\u5168\u548c\u63a8\u8350\u7684\u65b9\u6cd5\u3002\u901a\u8fc7\u4f7f\u7528HTTPS\u534f\u8bae\u6765\u52a0\u5bc6\u7f51\u7edc\u901a\u4fe1\uff0c\u53ef\u4ee5\u786e\u4fdd\u6570\u636e\u5728\u4f20\u8f93\u8fc7\u7a0b\u4e2d\u7684\u5b89\u5168\u6027\u3002\u4e3a\u4e86\u5b9e\u73b0\u8fd9\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c\u60a8\u9700\u8981\u5728\u670d\u52a1\u5668\u4e0a\u914d\u7f6eSSL\u8bc1\u4e66\uff0c\u5e76\u4f7f\u7528HTTPS URL\u8fdb\u884c\u7f51\u7edc\u8bf7\u6c42\u3002<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These methods can assist you in resolving the usesCleartextTraffic issue in Android. 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