How can I initiate an Android-to-PC HTTP request over USB?

Question

This has been asked before, but did not receive a satisfactory answer.

From my Android application, I need to send an HTTP request to a PC attached via USB. Typ

Answer 1

Unfortunately, you cannot send HTTP requests over a local socket, such as /dev/tty... or alike. By default, the android device, if it acquires an IP address, will have done so via DHCP or a static IP you have set. What you would need to do, is know the IP of the desktop computer.

What are you actually trying to accomplish? Having the application send a request to localhost, which would relay to the PC?

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