diff --git a/mobile/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml b/mobile/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de61259aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<network-security-config>
+    <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
+        <domain includeSubdomains="true">localhost</domain>
+    </domain-config>
+</network-security-config>
diff --git a/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 8bf2afda4..04781915a 100644
--- a/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <!-- END OPTIONAL PERMISSIONS -->
 
     <application
+      android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
       android:name=".MainApplication"
       android:label="@string/app_name"
       android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"