Re: [android-beginners] Re: Calling localhost web service from emulator

2010-07-12 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 6:17 AM, NIK wrote: > So, the only way of calling a localhost web service from the emulator > is by using the actual network IP address? http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html#networkaddresses -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.c

[android-beginners] Re: Calling localhost web service from emulator

2010-07-12 Thread NIK
Thank you for your reply richard. I was thinking that because the emulator and the application server are working on different ports i could use the localhost in the emulator in order to call the web service. So, the only way of calling a localhost web service from the emulator is by using the ac

[android-beginners] Re: Calling localhost web service from emulator

2010-07-09 Thread RichardC
127.0.0.1 is the loopback (local address) for the emulator. 127.0.0.1 is the local system; so when you are on the emulator it is the emulator, when you are on your host it is the host. 127.0.0.1 can never cross a system boundary (for a given value of never). /Richard On Jul 9, 1:04 pm, NIK wro