Could not connect to React Native development server on Android

Question

When I run react-native run-android, it gives me the following error:

Could not connect to development server

Answer 1

We faced this issue, In order to fix this, solution is dead simple is below.

1. Cancel the current process of“react-native run-android” by CTRL + C or CMD + C
2. Close metro bundler window command line which opened automatically.
3. Run the command again, “react-native run-android”.

Basically this error tells that your current build got failed due to reasons like Code issue or dependency issue.

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