feat: Add android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" to manifest to allow insecure HTTP traffic

[user622628252416]

Feature description

On newer api levels, android disallows insecure http traffic by default. This can be changed by setting android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" in the application tag of the manifest. This patch should be universal.

Motivation

I am using FolderSync to, well, sync folders. However it only allows HTTPS. Since I am running the server I want to sync my device with on my local network and connect to it using a local ip address, I can't and needn't use HTTPS.

As far as I can tell, this patch would be pretty much the same as the one making every activity exported, with just a few lines changed. Therefore it should only require minimal effort.

Acknowledgements

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[SodaWithoutSparkles]

Well even IF you patched the xml, the code might not expect a HTTP server and just connect on port 443.

One of the solution is to self-sign a cert, but on android that requires you to create a CA and import it, then it would be very complicated (dont quote me on that)

One of the solution/workaround is to just get a HTTPS cert. Get a subdomain from duckdns, install caddy to reverse-proxy the traffic, then it will get the HTTPS cert for you.

Then just get a local DNS pointing to the server (via a pi-hole or similar).

[oSumAtrIX]

I think thats now available as a patch.