[android] fetch with method:HEAD always fails

[treemore]

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• I am using the latest React Native version

only happen in android phone
when i use a android phone. and the android version is android 7.0
iphone is right.

 url = "http://www.google.com"
 fetch(url, {
// when set   method: "GET",   is ok
            method: "HEAD",
        }).catch(e=>console.error(e))

always throw the exception "Network request failed"

Environment

Environment:
OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
Node: 8.9.1
Yarn: 0.27.5
npm: 6.0.1
Watchman: 4.7.0
Xcode: Xcode 9.3.1 Build version 9E501
Android Studio: 2.3 AI-162.4069837

Packages: (wanted => installed)
react: 16.3.1 => 16.3.1
react-native: ^0.55.3 => 0.55.3

Steps to Reproduce

just exec the code .

 url = "http://www.google.com"
 fetch(url, {
            method: "HEAD",
        }).catch(e=>console.error(e))

Expected Behavior

not throw catch

Actual Behavior

always throw the exception and said Network request failed

[hramos]

This is already fixed in master (f5207ba) but it has not yet made it into a stable release. You may build from source to take advantage of the fix until then.

Duplicate of #18223

[hramos]

Actually, the fix for #18223 was for iOS. There's still an open question as to whether this is an issue on Android or not.

Duplicate of #18440