runtime: [Bug] SSL Connection refused when calling ASP.NET Core API endpoints from .NET MAUI App on Android

The ASP.NET Core Web API app is up and running. Making requests to the API endpoints from Blazor Web Assembly works perfectly fine. Whenever making request from the .NET MAUI Blazor App it’s throwing the following exception:

[DOTNET] System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: Connection refused (localhost:44363)
[DOTNET]  ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (111): Connection refused
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken 
[DOTNET] cancellationToken) in System.Net.Sockets.dll:token 0x60002b9+0x1f
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource.GetResult(Int16 token) in System.Net.Sockets.dll:token 0x60002b3+0x26
[DOTNET]    at Syst
[DOTNET] em.Net.Sockets.Socket.<ConnectAsync>g__WaitForConnectWithCancellation|277_0(AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs saea, ValueTask connectTask, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Sockets.dll:token 0x600029c+0xa4
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionP
[DOTNET] ool.ConnectToTcpHostAsync(String host, Int32 port, HttpRequestMessage initialRequest, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x6000700+0x1b4
[DOTNET]    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpC
[DOTNET] onnectionPool.ConnectToTcpHostAsync(String host, Int32 port, HttpRequestMessage initialRequest, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x6000700+0x298
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectAsync(HttpReque
[DOTNET] stMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x60006ff+0x14d
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.CreateHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellati
[DOTNET] onToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x6000701+0x8f
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.SendUsingHttp11Async(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x60006f1
[DOTNET] +0x15d
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.DetermineVersionAndSendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x60006f2+0x224
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpConne
[DOTNET] ctionPool.SendAndProcessAltSvcAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x60006f3+0x8e
[DOTNET] ssage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x60006f4+0x99
[DOTNET]    at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.CreateHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequ07-16 12:39:49.024 I/DOTNET  (16085):    at System.Net.Http.RedirectHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationT
[DOTNET] oken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x6000787+0x94
[DOTNET]    at Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Logging.LoggingHttpMessageHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in Microsoft.Extensions.Http.dll:token 0x60000c3+0xd7
[DOTNET]    at MauiB
[DOTNET] lazor.Shared.Common.AuthorizationDelegatingHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\GitHub\CleanArchitecture\src\ClientApps\MauiBlazor.Shared\Common\AuthorizationDelegatingHandler.cs:line 43
[DOTNET]    at Microsoft.E
[DOTNET] xtensions.Http.Logging.LoggingScopeHttpMessageHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in Microsoft.Extensions.Http.dll:token 0x60000c8+0xef
[DOTNET] ge request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, CancellationTokenSource cts, Boolean disposeCts, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts, CancellationToken originalCancellationToken) in System.Net.Http.dll:token 0x600022f+0x1b7
[DOTNET] lazor.Shared.Common.AuthorizationDelegatingHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\GitHub\CleanArchitecture\src\ClientApps\MauiBlazor.Shared\Common\Authoriz07-16 12:39:49.025 I/DOTNET  (16085):    at MauiBlazor.Share
[DOTNET] d.Services.UserService.LoginAsync(LoginModel loginModel) in D:\GitHub\CleanArchitecture\src\ClientApps\MauiBlazor.Shared\Services\UserService.cs:line 132
[DOTNET]    at MauiBlazorApp.Components.IdentityComponents.LoginComponent.HandleValidSubmitAsync() in D:\GitHub
[DOTNET] \CleanArchitecture\src\ClientApps\MauiBlazorApp\MauiBlazorApp\Components\IdentityComponents\LoginComponent.razor.cs:line 51

There is no CORS issue because the API app is allowing any origin as follows:

services.AddCors(options =>
{
    options.AddPolicy(myAllowSpecificOrigins, builder =>
    {
        builder
        .AllowAnyHeader()
        .AllowAnyMethod()
        .AllowCredentials()
        .SetIsOriginAllowed(_ => true);
    });
});

Please help me how can I overcome the issue so that I can make requests to the ASP.NET Core REST endpoints from .NET MAUI Blazor app successfully. Thanks in advance.