diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 1b0c20ef328804..e5e6330fbdf64d 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
   package="com.helloworld">
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
@@ -11,9 +10,7 @@
       android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
       android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
       android:allowBackup="false"
-      android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
-      android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
-      tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning,UnusedAttribute">
+      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
       <activity
         android:name=".MainActivity"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
diff --git a/template/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/template/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1fce564881ff37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
+    <application tools:targetApi="28" tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning" android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/react_native_config" />
+</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/template/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml b/template/android/app/src/debug/res/xml-v28/react_native_config.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from template/android/app/src/debug/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
rename to template/android/app/src/debug/res/xml-v28/react_native_config.xml
diff --git a/template/android/app/src/release/res/xml/network_security_config.xml b/template/android/app/src/release/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b3917ffe5b8072..00000000000000
--- a/template/android/app/src/release/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<network-security-config>
-  <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="false">
-    <domain includeSubdomains="false">localhost</domain>
-    <domain includeSubdomains="false">10.0.2.2</domain>
-    <domain includeSubdomains="false">10.0.3.2</domain>
-  </domain-config>
-</network-security-config>