How do you connect localhost in the Android emulator?

Question

I have made a php script inside localhost and I am connecting that with httpClient but I am getting a problem.

Please tell me how can I connect to a php file at localhost from the emulator?

Answer 1

Use 10.0.2.2 to access your actual machine.

As you've learned, when you use the emulator, localhost (127.0.0.1) refers to the device's own loopback service, not the one on your machine as you may expect.

You can use 10.0.2.2 to access your actual machine, it is an alias set up to help in development.

Answer 2

Use 10.0.2.2 for default AVD and 10.0.3.2 for Genymotion

Answer 3

Instead of giving localhost give the IP.

Answer 4

Thanks, @lampShaded for your answer.

In your API/URL directly use http://10.0.2.2:[your port]/ and under emulator setting add the proxy address as 10.0.2.2 with the port number. For more, you can visit: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-networking.html

Answer 5

you should change the adb port with this command:

adb reverse tcp:8880 tcp:8880; adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081; adb reverse tcp:8881 tcp:8881