diff --git a/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
index 77f4f4f18b..cbab8af32b 100644
--- a/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="30"/>
     <!-- from Android 12, Location permission isn't required as we aren't using it to determine location -->
 
-    <application tools:targetApi="28" tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning" android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" >
+    <application tools:targetApi="28" tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning" >
       <activity android:name="com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity" android:exported="false" />
     </application>
     
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 513e8f5672..0bc5311010 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="io.mosip.residentapp">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="io.mosip.residentapp" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="28"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="30"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       <data android:scheme="https"/>
     </intent>
   </queries>
-  <application android:name=".MainApplication" android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:allowBackup="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
+  <application tools:replace="usesCleartextTraffic" android:name=".MainApplication" android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:allowBackup="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" android:usesCleartextTraffic="false">
     <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.ENABLED" android:value="true"/>
     <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.EXPO_SDK_VERSION" android:value="48.0.0"/>
     <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.EXPO_UPDATES_CHECK_ON_LAUNCH" android:value="ALWAYS"/>