The usesCleartextTraffic="true" is already set in the AndroidManifest.xml for the debug configuration. This ensures that HTTP (cleartext) traffic is permitted, which is essential for connecting to the React Native Metro Bundler during development.

Since this configuration allows cleartext traffic, the network-security-config is not required for debugging. You can safely remove the network-security-config file and its reference, as the manifest already permits cleartext traffic.