Merge "Document that WebView doesn't honor "uses cleartext traffic" flag."

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/ApplicationInfo.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/ApplicationInfo.java
index e2701ee..6c32873 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/ApplicationInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/ApplicationInfo.java
@@ -339,8 +339,14 @@ public class ApplicationInfo extends PackageItemInfo implements Parcelable {
      * (e.g., HTTP rather than HTTPS; WebSockets rather than WebSockets Secure; XMPP, IMAP, STMP
      * without STARTTLS or TLS). If {@code false}, the app declares that it does not intend to use
      * cleartext network traffic, in which case platform components (e.g., HTTP stacks,
-     * {@code WebView}, {@code DownloadManager}, {@code MediaPlayer}) will refuse app's requests to
-     * use cleartext traffic. Third-party libraries are encouraged to honor this flag as well.
+     * {@code DownloadManager}, {@code MediaPlayer}) will refuse app's requests to use cleartext
+     * traffic. Third-party libraries are encouraged to honor this flag as well.
+     *
+     * <p>NOTE: {@code WebView} does not honor this flag.
+     *
+     * <p>This flag comes from
+     * {@link android.R.styleable#AndroidManifestApplication_usesCleartextTraffic
+     * android:usesCleartextTraffic} of the &lt;application&gt; tag.
      */
     public static final int FLAG_USES_CLEARTEXT_TRAFFIC = 1<<27;