Call local web service .. none of the previous answers work...

So I have a Xamarin.Forms app and I am trying to debug web services running locally on my machine.
I don't have a cert and don't want one .. I should be able to run over HTTP
This doesn't work
This doesn't work
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/cleartext-http-android-network-security/
This doesn't work
This didn't work either ...
I am running the latest Xamarin.Forms and when I try to downgrade to target Android 9 like James's article indicates it's not possible with the latest Xamarin.Forms.
I need a solution to this days ago ....
I am willing to pay for the solution at this point ... this has to be a problem many others have had or are having right now.
Anyone ???