The emulator does just that, but the variable must be defined in the environment on the host.
Adding http_proxy on the device itself is not supported as far as I know. I may have worked in previous SDK releases, but I don't think it is guaranteed to work on 1.5 or future releases. On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Gerald Logor <gerald.lo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well if that's the case, if the -http-proxy <proxy> command-line option is > not supplied, then emulator should by default looks up the > http_proxyenvironment variable (which I did set it using sqlite3 in the > settingsdb > file) and automatically uses any value matching the <proxy> format. > However, it still cannot go online. > Thanks for the reference to the releasenotes though. > > > Gerald Logor > > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Android Users <androidmai...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> SDK 1.5 release notes mention this, >> "In some cases, you may encounter problems when using the browser on an >> emulator started with the command-line option -http-proxy." >> Ref : http://developer.android.com/sdk/RELEASENOTES.html >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Gerald Logor <gerald.lo...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> After spending hours of research and different ways to connect my >>> emulator to the internet (i.e just accessing any ordinary webpages), I'm >>> still hitting a brick wall. >>> >>> My current internet setting is that I'm behind a corporate internet >>> connection thus connecting via a proxy (154.23.x.yy:80zz) >>> >>> Ways I tried: >>> >>> 1. Connect to the emulator using the "adb shell" command (From "tools" >>> folder of SDK) >>> *adb shell* >>> enter this.. >>> *# sqlite3 >>> /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db >>> sqlite> INSERT INTO system >>> VALUES(99,'http_proxy','<PROXY_IP>:<PROXY_Port>');* >>> Restarting the emulator, it's still showing "WebPage unavailable" >>> >>> 2. Using Eclipse as my IDE, I Go to Run -> Run Configurations ->Target >>> in eclipse and enter >>> *-http-proxy <PROXY_IP>:<PROXY_Port> * in Additional emulator command >>> line options. >>> Still, no happiness. >>> >>> 3. I also tried (in Eclipse), Windows->Preferences->Android->Default >>> Emulator option, and inserting http-proxy *<PROXY_IP>:<PROXY_Port> >>> >>> *4. I'm not creating any of my own view or activity, thus did not need >>> to setup INTERNET permissions in my manifest file. >>> >>> Any helps would be appreciated. Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
