How can I forward my localhost IP-Address to an Android Emulator?

Question

I know it is possible to forward a port from my develop machine to an Android emulator, but how is this done? I\'ve found the solution on the android-developers site, but I

Answer 1

You can use the adb forward command to set up arbitrary port forwarding — forwarding of requests on a specific host port to a different port on an emulator/device instance. Here's how you would set up forwarding of host port 6100 to emulator/device port 7100:

adb forward tcp:6100 tcp:7100

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For example run NanoHTTPD web server on the AVD and then execute this command on the computer:

adb forward tcp:8080 tcp:8080

Open the browser on the computer and navigate the below address:

localhost:8080

http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html#forwardports