Answer by geeksamu for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
If you're running on Linux this works for me sudo iptables -F
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The above didn't work for me. This did for Mac: In terminal: ifconfig Then take the number after inet and put it in your mobile browser:
View ArticleAnswer by Yamen Ashraf for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Ngrok is the best solution. If you're developing PHP then I recommend installing Laravel Valet, It has MacOS and Linux versions, then you may use valet share command. If you're developing any frontend...
View ArticleAnswer by Naveen T P for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Use this in your ubuntu/Macbook to get the ip address of your system. Your mobile and system should be in the same network ip addr | grep inet This will give you an ip address which looks like...
View ArticleAnswer by dwilda for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
On linux use ip addr instead of ifconfig since ifconfig is deprecated for many years and not installed by default in recent distros
View ArticleAnswer by Harry1992 for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
The easier way to default localhost is to use http://localhost:port. This works in a laptop and Android as well. If it does not work, then in android set the default IP of your phone to 127.0.0.1:port...
View ArticleAnswer by kdblue for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
finally done in Ubuntu , i am running nodejs server on localhost:8080 1) open terminal type ifconfig you will get ip something like this : inet addr:192.168.43.17 2) now simply put url address like...
View ArticleAnswer by realpac for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
EASIEST way (this worked flawlessly for me) is to locally host your site at 0.0.0.0:<port_no> and to access it using mobile devices, use <local_ipv4_address>:<port_no>/<path> in...
View ArticleAnswer by weibeld for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
With the simple solution (just access laptop_ip_addr:port from mobile device, when mobile and laptop are on the same WiFi), I get a ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error. That is, my MacBook seems to refuse the...
View ArticleAnswer by user8246589 for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
First of all connect your phone and computer to common wifi. Then, open command prompt using run as administrator Give ipconfig command Which shows wireless lan ip Use ip:port of your server to access...
View ArticleAnswer by best wishes for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Although one answer has been accepted but this worked for me: Make sure both your computer and android device are on same network. get your computer's ip address. (in case of mac type ifconfig inside...
View ArticleAnswer by Maxwell for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
ngrok lets you put your localhost onto a temporary server and is very simple to set up. I've provided some steps here that can be found in the link: Download the ngrok zip from the link above Open the...
View ArticleAnswer by Hamid for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
its very simple , - GOTO command line (Window + R [type cmd]) - type ipconfig , that will show the current IP address of your PC - write taht IP address on your Android Phone's browser with :80 e.g...
View ArticleAnswer by mikeym for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Was running into this problem using several different localhost servers. Finally got my app up and running on the phone in seconds just by using the Python simple server. It only takes a few seconds so...
View ArticleAnswer by Shuyaib Abdullah for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
Adding a solution for future developers. Copy address of your ip address. right click on your network -> network and sharing-> click on the connection you currently have-> details-> then...
View ArticleAnswer by Fred for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
A solution to connect my mobile device to my wamp server based on my laptop: First, wifi is not a router. So to connect my mobile device to my wamp server based on localhost on my laptop, I need a...
View ArticleAnswer by Stefan Michev for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
What worked for me ( target: debug an windows server app running on localhost:99999 from an client app running on android phone ) phone and pc connected on the same network e.g. 192.168.1.xxx (...
View ArticleAnswer by Ahmet Arslan for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Personally I do not insist to use localhost when using device, there is no easy solution. Just start the activity where you connect to localhost where you can use emulator. Whatever info you have to...
View ArticleAnswer by Phaneendra Charyulu Kanduri for How can I access my localhost from...
use connectify and xampp or equivalent, and type ip address on mobile URL bar to access
View ArticleAnswer by Daniel for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
"Port forwarding on Chrome for Android makes it easy to test your development site on mobile. It works by creating a listening TCP port on your mobile device that maps to a particular TCP port on your...
View ArticleAnswer by Abhishek Singh for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
First of all make your machine(where server is running)IP address static. Enter this static IP address in the android code. Next go to your wifi router's interface and check the left panel. You will...
View ArticleAnswer by T.Todua for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Using a USB cable: (for example, if you use WAMP server): 1) Install your Android drivers on your PC and download portable Android Tethering Reverse Tool and connect your Android device through the...
View ArticleAnswer by user3078359 for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
I used this process: Install Fiddler on the PC Set up PC and Android device following these excellent instructions Simply go to the browser on the Android device and type in http://ipv4.fiddler to...
View ArticleAnswer by Youssef Subehi for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
Run CMD as administrator and on CMD screen type ipconfig and the screen will appear with text as this photo and you can access your localhost using this ip you have to be connected to same network as...
View ArticleAnswer by Jason for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
As this is an old question, there is a new way to do this that is really really simple. Download the ADB Chrome Extension and then follow these instructions:...
View ArticleAnswer by HostMyBus for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
This is what worked for me, I added another line after the 127.0.0.1 ip to specify the exact local network ip address (not the public ip address) of the device I wanted to use. In my case my Samsung...
View ArticleAnswer by lfender6445 for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Mac OS X users I achieved this by enabling remote management: Ensure that your phone and laptop are connected to the same WiFi network On Mac, go to System preferences/sharing Enable remote management...
View ArticleAnswer by einnocent for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
You may have your web server listening on your loopback interface and not on your network interface. Major signs of this are: Hits on 127.0.0.1 and localhost (from localhost or Android emulator) work...
View ArticleAnswer by Sanjay Kumar for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
On Windows PC You may not need to do anything else than finding out your IPv4 Address using "ipconfig" command. Step 1 : Connect your phone to PC using USB cable. Step 2 : Use command 'ipconfig' to...
View ArticleAnswer by Dhiral Pandya for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
It is actually quite simple. Turn on WiFi Hotspot of your Android phone/router and connect your Laptop to your phone Start your server at localhost (I am using WAMP server for Windows) Now open the...
View ArticleAnswer by bangptit for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Try going to this file: C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\conf\httpd.conf # onlineoffline tag - don't remove Order Deny,Allow Allow from all // change it Deny Allow from 127.0.0.1 And change 10.0.2.2 to...
View ArticleAnswer by GertV for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
I found a quick solution to this problem. Try this link. It should help you fix the problem. I only changed one thing, where the tutorial states you change '127.0.0.1' to 'All', change it to the IP...
View ArticleAnswer by Akhil Jain for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
There is however a far better solution. 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...
View ArticleAnswer by Elijah Saounkine for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
USB doesn't provide network to mobile device. If both your desktop and phone are connected to the same WiFi (or any other local network), then use your desktop IP address assigned by the router (not...
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I'm able to access my laptop web server using the Android emulator, I'm using 10.0.2.2:portno works well. But when I connect my real Android phone, the phone browser can't connect to the same web...
View ArticleAnswer by Ajmal Ansari for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
This solution is usable when your mobile device and computer is not in same network:You need to use port forwarding in this case. In the Google chrome inspect window (chrome://inspect) You can see the...
View ArticleAnswer by Daniel Nyamasyo for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
Simple. First and foremost make your your android device and computer is connected on thee same network.e.g router Open command prompt by windows+R and search for cmd then open. On the command type...
View ArticleAnswer by user1453449 for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Another thing to check is that some routers have issues bridging the requests when both 2.4G and 5G are enabled and the devices are on different frequencies. Trying disabling one of the frequencies so...
View ArticleAnswer by Serguey Arellano for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
On mac run this command in the terminal if you have your server in 8080echo "rdr pass inet proto tcp from any to any port 8080 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8080" | sudo pfctl -ef -
View ArticleAnswer by KJ Sudarshan for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Solution for Windows:You are not able to view your website, mainly because your firewall (default OS firewall or Antivirus firewall ) is preventing incomingconnections.On Windows Firewall:To allow...
View ArticleAnswer by Bineesh Kumar for How can I access my localhost from my Android...
Having a netconfig xml and assign it in the manifest.xml is the best work around. This will bypass the androids default https only contraint.
View ArticleAnswer by Subhasis Chakraborty for How can I access my localhost from my...
while creating apps , debugging or rendering using mobile is helpful. The system localhost can be accessed using mobile with the IPv4 address with the port number. It should be noted, to achieve this,...
View ArticleAnswer by Omar Khaium Chowdhury for How can I access my localhost from my...
If you are using a real device and still facing the problem, follow these steps as these steps help me to solve the issue:Make sure both the mobile device and the laptop are on the same WiFi...
View ArticleAnswer by Andy for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
Building on Ilya Saunkin's answer, here's a command that should output your IP address formatted as a hyperlink - just substitute 3000 for whatever your port number is:ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -v...
View ArticleAnswer by Norseback for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
None of these answers mentioned turning on the Apache HTTP Server from Windows Defender Firewall. Using XAMPP v. 5.6.40, you can try this solution:Go to Windows Defender Firewall, click on Inbound...
View ArticleAnswer by Vitalicus for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
My solution is dnsmasq, what get zones from hosts file.Tutorial video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kiinwg00cConfiguration#copy wifi idip link show#create domain.confcd...
View ArticleAnswer by navinrangar for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
For Windows:Go to Wifi Settings.Select the network you are currently connected to.Go to properties.see ipv4 address or whatever the ip version of your network.copy the ip and add the port to it like...
View ArticleAnswer by Hakan for How can I access my localhost from my Android device?
After allowing in in httpd.conf and making necessary adjustments in firewall and allowing an application through firewall setting in windows.Allow from ::1Allow from localhost You can access to your...
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