Pop myself in the head! Thank you Terry and Jason.. Of course 127.0.0. is the Android. I keep forgetting simple stuff like that.
And I now also see it staring me in the face in the docs under "Emulator Networking." Hopefully I can return the favour. On Sep 15, 4:51 pm, Jason Proctor <[email protected]> wrote: > if the apache server is running on the computer that's running the > emulator, then you need to use the 10.0.2.2 address rather than > localhost/127.0.0.1. the latter refers to the emulator itself in this > case. of course, if you really are running a server on the emulator, > then you have a different problem! > > hth > > > > > > >HttpHostConnectException: Connection tohttp://127.0.0.1refused > > >This Android app is using (trying to use) the http libraries to post > >and retrieve from a web server. Running the app on the emulator > >connecting to the Apache server on the same box (localhost) it gives > >the Connection refused message: > > >"HttpHostConnectException: Connection tohttp://127.0.0.1refused"; > > >Entering the same URL, tohttp://127.0.0.1, into the browser > >retrieves the info from the local server no problem. So the web server > >is running and the ports are open and stuff like that. > > >Maybe there is a setting on Andriod needed to allow the connection? It > >is somewhere in socket-land this is happening because the web server > >never sees the Post (web logs show no activity related to this). > > >The manifest file has the INTERNET permissions in it > > ><uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses- > >permission> > > >Does anyone know why the connection to localhost (127.0.0.1) would be > >refused from within the Android application? > > -- > jason.vp.engineering.particle- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
