App Transport Security and IP addresses in iOS9

Question

I develop my iOS app using a local server running on my dev box. When testing on devices, I connect directly via an IP address, which is over HTTP and not HTTPS (so I don\'t

Answer 1

As @PanxShaz said you can't put an hardcoded IP address but you can use an easy workaround:

1. Open your /etc/hosts file using sudo and add a new local domain name for your ip address. Example:

   192.168.99.100 docker-host.localhost

2. Then flush your DNS :

   dscacheutil -flushcache

3. And finally use this new local domain in your app transport security exceptions.