What difference between "Clear text communication not permitted" problem's solutions

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We're knows that Android Pie don't allows Clear text communication. And I found for me two solutions. All of them works fine. But what difference between them? Thanks.

Solution 1:

Manifest:

android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"

Solution 2:

@xml/network_security_config.xml

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

Manifest:

android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"

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1 Answers

And I found for me two solutions

Neither are the correct solution: use HTTPS. I expect that Google will increasingly penalize apps that use the solutions that you cite, possibly including a future ban from the Play Store.

But what difference between them?

They have the same effect. Network security configuration (your second solution) is far more powerful and flexible. android:usesCleartextTraffic will be ignored on Android 7.0+ if you use network security configuration for anything.

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