# Android emulator access to local server

DevFeed: [Android emulator access to local server](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/android-emulator-access-to-local-server-28703.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2023/01/25/development-server-emulator/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emulator.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [adb](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/adb.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [adb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adb.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulator.md>), [ip](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ip.md>), [localhost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/localhost.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [port](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/port.md>), [react-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react-native.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to connect an Android app running in an emulator to a development server on a computer's localhost. It presents using the computer's IP address, the emulator loopback alias, editing the emulator's hosts file, and ADB reverse as possible approaches.

## Source excerpt

How can you connect your app on an Android emulator to a development server running on the localhost of your computer? The problem # Since Android emulators create their own virtual network, they cannot access devices on your local network.