If you have the phone connected to wifi it should work. While using 3G or other phone network it does not work. I tested this empirically about a year ago.
http://developer.android.com/guide/google/gcm/index.html Using Google Cloud Messaging may be a good alternative. On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:17:59 PM UTC-4, njman wrote: > > I'm using ServerSocket() object to create a proxy server > on the phone itself. > > But I can't seem to connect to it. > > The phone is running 3g and has an ip address. > > i'm using port 1962. Maybe that's the problem. > > i'm trying to connect from my desktop > > http://ipaddress:1962/test > > > help appreciated. > > p.s. again this is on the phone itself. > > on the emulator, if i use localhost (from the android browser), > it works. > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:17:59 PM UTC-4, njman wrote: > > I'm using ServerSocket() object to create a proxy server > on the phone itself. > > But I can't seem to connect to it. > > The phone is running 3g and has an ip address. > > i'm using port 1962. Maybe that's the problem. > > i'm trying to connect from my desktop > > http://ipaddress:1962/test > > > help appreciated. > > p.s. again this is on the phone itself. > > on the emulator, if i use localhost (from the android browser), > it works. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
