So I gots me an Android app I'm writing in Ionic Angular

Cleartext is disabled by default these days. However I need to make requests from the app to ESP 32's running in the same network. They will always be running in the same network.

Setting cleartext = true in the manifest hasn't worked.

"whitelisting" the ip hasn't worked

It works when usb debugging and keeps working after I unplug the cable but won't work if I close and then reopen the app