Android connection to localhost

Question

I\'m trying to connect my android application to a local host url thanks to wamp server but it doesn\'t work. My goal here, is to fetch json data and parse these data. For m

Answer 1

I tried "10.0.2.2:80/mysitename/page.php" Miracle happened, it's working now. I am on Mac and using XAMPP for server.

You can change port no. to 80 and try. port 8080 was not working for me!

Cheers.

Answer 2

I solved it by: 1. Adding another android permission in the manifest: "android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" 2. As I'm using xampp, I've shared the xampp folder of the desktop in the network. 3. The xampp is running in a desktop whose ip is 192.168.x.x so the webservice's url instead of beign "http://localhost/myapi..." is "http://192.168.x.x/myapi..."

I tested the app using the emulator and also in a device. Both cases works out.

Answer 3

If you try to connect to "localhost", it will resolve to the Android device, not to your own localhost (unless you are running within the emulator). What I recommend for development is to add an overflow menu in the action bar that has an entry named "Settings" that provides a Settings activity for specifying application settings, and to have a "Developer options" entry in "Settings" that lets you specify a custom server address to use. During development, you can use this option to enter a custom server address for your app. (You will need a real server address that is actually reachable over the Internet rather than using localhost for this).

Answer 4

One simple way i know is keep mobile data on and share wifi . Connect your laptop or computer to this wifi . Now see ip of ur laptop or desktop. Call service from ur phone . Since your phone and your computer are in same network now.

Answer 5

First you have to bind the IP address of the machine where your server is running in the eclipse settings.

You can do this like this.

Right click on the PHP project in the eclipse then Run Configuration then In the Web Application where you will find the Argument tab. Now here give the port and LAN IP address of your machine on which your server is running.

Something like this --port=8888 --address=192.168.1.6 then update the URL to http://192.168.1.6:8080/tests/PhpProject1/connectionBDD.php

Here in my case this is my LAN IP address 192.168.1.6, there you will have to find it using the network command like ipconfig , ifconfig and use that IP address.

Answer 6

IP-address 10.0.2.2 is used to fetch data from the emulator. Localhost will always point to the emulator/android device running the application. To let your device fetch data from your pc, it should be in the same network (connected by WiFi to your router) and you should use the local IP-address of your pc (normally a 192.168.1.x-number).