Xamarin - USB connected Android cannot connect to internet #4520

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  alirizaadiyahsi created 7 years ago

  Hi @JCompagnoni it seems everything is OK. I suggest you to make sure your phone and computer the host project is running on. Some times firewall or virus program block the connection.

  You can test whether your phone can connect to host by browsing host IP. Open a browser in your phone and type Local IP that you set in DebugServerIpAdresses.cs.

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  jcompagnon created 7 years ago

  Hi alirizaadiyahsi,

  While running application with my device connected via USB, I tried opening a browser and going to the LocalhostIp set (by itself and with the port of the host :22742) but it was not able to connect.

  I confirmed that there is nothing in place blocking the USB from extending connections to external devices and turned off all settings of the Windows Defender Firewall to make sure it wasn't that firewall blocking either.

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  alirizaadiyahsi created 7 years ago

  Are your phone and computer are the same network?

  For example your host IP 192.168.1.5:22742 Can you connect this IP from your computer browser? Can you connect this IP from your phone browser?

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  jcompagnon created 7 years ago

  No, my computer is hooked up via Ethernet and my phone is on LTE.

  At first, I was under the impression that hooking up the smartphone via USB would connect it to the same network as the computer, especially since the emulator is running on LTE but is able to connect just fine. Based on your question and my recent tests though, that doesn't seem to be the case.

  I've tried looking up the public IP of my network and putting that as the LocalhostIp, but that doesn't work either. Perhaps the easiest way around this would be to hook up my phone and computer to the same WiFi, but my office has a WiFi network that I cannot access. Otherwise I was looking into reverse usb tethering, but that seems to be quite a bit of work to accomplish.

  Is this scenario something that should work or am I hitting my head against a wall for nothing?

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  ismcagdas created 7 years ago

  Support Team

  Hi,

  Are you running your *.Web.Host project via visual studio or as explained in here <a class="postlink" href="https://aspnetzero.com/Documents/Development-Guide-Xamarin#debugging">https://aspnetzero.com/Documents/Develo ... #debugging</a> ?

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  jcompagnon created 7 years ago

  @ismcagdas,

  I downloaded the Start-Host.zip file included in that documentation and changed the destination for the .Web.Host to where the files are stored locally on my computer C:\Users[username]\Documents\CoreTest\CoreTest\src\CoreTest.Web.Host.

  Therefore I run .bat file to start the host

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  jcompagnon created 7 years ago

  Stupid question, but I'm assuming in DebugServerIpAdresses.cs,

  public static string Current => LocalhostIp;
  
  //You can configure your computer's IP adress for external access (if Current = LocalhostIp)
  private const string LocalhostIp
  

  should be set to the IPv4 of the computer I'm working on, correct?

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  alper created 7 years ago

  Support Team

  hi,

  Connecting to a Web API from mobile can be tedious (apart from connecting to a Xamarin App)... I tried to explain how to make connection between the Xamarin App and the Web.Host Checkout the screenshot!

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  jcompagnon created 7 years ago

  Thanks @alper!

  I've been suspecting for a while that both the device and computer need to be on the same WiFi network, but it isn't explicitly stated anywhere in the documentation.

  Otherwise, I think I've been doing everything else properly.

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  alper created 7 years ago

  Support Team

  updated the docs! added the information: >Be aware that connecting over WiFi needs both the device and the computer to be on the same WiFi network! (To avoid confusions to you can completely turn off your mobile data connection)

  <a class="postlink" href="https://aspnetzero.com/Documents/Development-Guide-Xamarin#debugging-xamarin-app">https://aspnetzero.com/Documents/Develo ... amarin-app</a>

  for the newcomers to this topic; there's an official Xamarin setup guide for development. It clarifies things explicitly See <a class="postlink" href="https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/installation/set_up_device_for_development/">https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/an ... velopment/</a>

  From the Xamarin official doc [attachment=0:bt4utdy1]Screenshot_1.jpg[/attachment:bt4utdy1]

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