diff --git a/apps/app/App_Resources/Android/AndroidManifest.xml b/apps/app/App_Resources/Android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 584e2f55f..72e4464c2 100644
--- a/apps/app/App_Resources/Android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/apps/app/App_Resources/Android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 		android:allowBackup="true"
 		android:icon="@drawable/icon"
 		android:label="@string/app_name"
-		android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
+		android:theme="@style/AppTheme" 
+		android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" >
 		<meta-data android:name="debugLayouts" android:value="true" />
 		<activity
 			android:name="com.tns.NativeScriptActivity"