Android Development

It might be obvious linux savvy folks, but trying to access localhost or 127.0.0.1 with the android emulator in order to access a local server for testing won’t get you anywhere. That’s because the IP is used internally by the undlying linux as you might have guessed.

Luckily there’s an IP you can use to achieve hitting your local apache/tomcat/whatever : 10.0.2.2

After the discussion about the restriction concerning downloading and installation of paid applications on developer devices we at least want to simulate installation of free applications on our emulator over the web.

This is the short tutorial how to accomplish that.
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