Localhost (127.0.0.1) is the address of the phone or the emulator. I assume that your server program in C is on your devlopment machine. So you need to connect to your PC's IP address.
You can use ADB http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html to setup port forwarding from the device to your PC. -- RichardC On Oct 8, 8:57 pm, Android_n00b <nikhil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to create a connection between a server socket program > written in C and an android client socket program. Now when I write a > regular java client program such as: > > try > { > Socket socket = new Socket("localhost", 5554); > PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream > (), true);} > > catch(Exception e) > { > //................} > > out.println("Hello World"); > > This program works perfectly and my server.c file receives the > message. > However, when I try the same program with the Android Emulator, I get > an "Error:java.net.ConnectException: localhost/127.0.0.1:5554 - > Connection refused" I have tried different ports as well (8888, 3490). > This works perfectly with the regular Java project, but the moment I > write the same code in an Android project I get that error. I have > been stuck on this all day and am really getting frustrated :( Would > appreciate any help! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
