adjust ats settings in plist in pod install (#38086)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: #38086

Changelog: [Internal]

in this diff, we update the developer's Info.plists to have the correct ATS settings

introducing usage of files: https://www.rubydoc.info/github/CocoaPods/Xcodeproj/Xcodeproj/Project#files-instance_method, in order to retrieve the plists

Differential Revision: D47041590

fbshipit-source-id: d2cf908a7b1c34f7f2e3523914a3f5facc503f2d

Author: philIip

packages/react-native/scripts/cocoapods/utils.rb

@@ -396,6 +396,42 @@ def self.set_imagemanager_search_path(target_installation_result)
         ])
     end
 
+    def self.get_plist_paths_from(user_project)
+        info_plists = user_project
+          .files
+          .select { |p|
+            p.name&.end_with?('Info.plist')
+          }
+        return info_plists
+      end
+
+    def self.update_ats_in_plist(plistPaths, parent)
+        plistPaths.each do |plistPath|
+            fullPlistPath = File.join(parent, plistPath.path)
+            plist = Xcodeproj::Plist.read_from_path(fullPlistPath)
+            ats_configs = {
+                "NSAllowsArbitraryLoads" => false,
+                "NSAllowsLocalNetworking" => true,
+            }
+            if plist.nil?
+                plist = {
+                    "NSAppTransportSecurity" => ats_configs
+                }
+            else
+                plist["NSAppTransportSecurity"] = ats_configs
+            end
+            Xcodeproj::Plist.write_to_path(plist, fullPlistPath)
+        end
+    end
+
+    def self.apply_ats_config(installer)
+        user_project = installer.aggregate_targets
+                    .map{ |t| t.user_project }
+                    .first
+        plistPaths = self.get_plist_paths_from(user_project)
+        self.update_ats_in_plist(plistPaths, user_project.path.parent)
+    end
+
     def self.react_native_pods
         return [
             "DoubleConversion",

packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ def react_native_post_install(
   ReactNativePodsUtils.set_node_modules_user_settings(installer, react_native_path)
   ReactNativePodsUtils.apply_flags_for_fabric(installer, fabric_enabled: fabric_enabled)
   ReactNativePodsUtils.apply_xcode_15_patch(installer)
+  ReactNativePodsUtils.apply_ats_config(installer)
 
   NewArchitectureHelper.set_clang_cxx_language_standard_if_needed(installer)
   is_new_arch_enabled = ENV['RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED'] == "1"

packages/rn-tester/RNTester/Info.plist

@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@
 	<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
 	<dict>
 		<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
+		<false/>
+		<key>NSAllowsLocalNetworking</key>
 		<true/>
 	</dict>
 	<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
 	<string>You need to add NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription key in Info.plist to enable geolocation, otherwise it is going to *fail silently*!</string>
+	<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
+	<string>You need to add NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key in Info.plist to enable photo library usage, otherwise it is going to *fail silently*!</string>
 	<key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
 	<string>LaunchScreen</string>
 	<key>UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities</key>
@@ -57,7 +61,5 @@
 	</array>
 	<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
 	<false/>
-	<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
-	<string>You need to add NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key in Info.plist to enable photo library usage, otherwise it is going to *fail silently*!</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>