Why does the host specified in network_security_config.xml get merged into the AppLinks section of the Android manifest by the build process?
问题 Following on from this question where I had a real issue with AppLinks. The problem was eventually narrowed down to the fact that the build process was dragging the host from the network_security_config.xml into the merged manfest file section specifying the AppLinks. This unexpected host that I used for testing wasn't hosting an assetlinks.json specifying the correct signatures. Details of the answer can be found here. So, why does the build process turn this <intent-filter android