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Jordan Walsh
Jordan Walsh

Reputation: 1625

How do I access the host machine itself from the iPhone simulator

I'm developing an app that connects to a web service for most of it's operations. As a shortcut, I'd like to run a copy of my development server on my machine. Question is:

How/can I access the host machine's network (http in this case) from the iPhone simulator?

I'm developing the web service alongside the app, so it would be helpful to have them both on the host machine, and then I can commit changes as needed.

Upvotes: 145

Views: 102374

Answers (2)

unixeo
unixeo

Reputation: 1186

Develop solution (Not suitable for production).

In swift 5 just call:

http://localhost:<port>/file_path

but you will need to add this part to the project Info.plist.

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
        <true/>
</dict>

Otherwise this error is going to happen.

Cannot start load of Task <xx-xx>.<x> since it does not conform to ATS policy.

Upvotes: 22

jaminguy
jaminguy

Reputation: 25930

The iOS Simulator uses the host machine network so you should be able to just use localhost or your machines IP address, whichever IP your web service is listening on.

Upvotes: 176

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