Is there an easy way to setup the android emulator to access the LAN of the host machine?

Question

I would like to access a web service provided by one of the machines on my LAN from the android emulator.

If the service was running on the same machine where the em

Answer 1

as of 2018-08 it seems the "it just works (TM)" certificate has been revoked

here is what I needed to access a server in my local network:

host ip (my pc): 192.168.15.102/24 
      server ip: 192.168.200.33/24

create a port forwarding rule in an elevated command prompt on host using netsh

netsh interface portproxy add v4tov4 listenport=80 connectport=80 connectaddress=192.168.200.33

start the mobile device emulator and browse to 10.0.2.2 (as mentioned in the documentation):

10.0.2.2 Special alias to your host loopback interface (i.e., 127.0.0.1 on your development machine)