Live server in vscode in Ubuntu is not loading in Android mobile phone

Question

I created a simple webpage and started the liveserver in vscode in ubuntu

• It opened the webpage in Ubuntu with the url http://127.0.0.1:5500/

• I opened the webpage in android with the url http://192.168.43.208:5500/ (I know to open with the router IP and the laptop and android are in same network), but it kept on loading and the webpage was not loaded.

• Whereas the same process in it windows worked.

Please help me to fix this, I am dual booting ubuntu and windows.

Answer 1

Had the same issue, the problem is the firewall. You can set the wi-fi you are connected to to be a private network, then it will work. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-a-wi-fi-network-public-or-private-in-windows-10-0460117d-8d3e-a7ac-f003-7a0da607448d