You can access your host machine with the IP address “10.0. 2.2 “. This has been designed in this way by the Android team. So your webserver can perfectly run at localhost and from your Android app you can access it via “http://10.0.2.2:8080”.
Read moreHow do I connect to localhost?
To access the server from itself, use http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/ . To access the server from a separate computer on the same network, use http://192.168.X.X where X.X is your server’s local IP address. You can find the sever’s local IP address (assuming it’s Linux) by running hostname -I . 127.0.
Read moreCan Android emulator connect to localhost?
As you’ve learned, when you use the emulator, localhost ( 127.0. 0.1 ) refers to the device’s own loopback service, not the one on your machine as you may expect . You can use 10.0. 2.2 to access your actual machine, it is an alias set up to help in development.
Read moreWhat is localhost in Android Studio?
In our case, localhost means is that our services are running in our local system on a specific port . So instead of localhost we just have to use our system’s IP address.
Read moreHow can I access my localhost from my Android device?
On your mobile device’s browser (any will work), navigate to http://<Local IP Address>:<port number> . For example, if I was serving on localhost:8080 and my local IP address is 123.45. 67.890, on my mobile device’s browser I would navigate to http://123.45.67.890:8080 . The http:// is important, don’t leave it off.
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