I'm developing react native app with expo and I have the development build on android device works well but when I turn on VPN on the android device the app get disconnected to the metro , I need to keep app connected along with VPN turned on but how to do that ?
update
the result I get when try to start my app while vpn is on (on android device ) :
immediately i get error loading app ,connection reset, and i connot connect to the server at all .
and when I turn vpn on after my app get connected to the server ,
I'm getting in console :
Cannot connect to the Metro. Try the following to fix the issue:
Ensure that the Metro server is running and available on the same network Ensure that your device/emulator is connected to your machine and has USB debugging enabled - run 'adb devices' to see a list of connected devices
If you're on a physical device connected to the same machine, run 'adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081' to forward requests from your device If your device is on the same Wi-Fi network, set 'Debug server host & port for device' in 'Dev settings' to your machine's IP address and the port of the local dev server - e.g. 10.0.1.1:8081
URL: 192.168.1.4:8081
what I tried update 2 after abundant research
1- enable USB debugging and connect device via usb
2- adb kill-server & adb start-server
3- adb tcpip 5555
4- disconnect usb
5- adb connect <phone's IP>
adb reverse successfully done ,I got
connected to 192.168.1.3:5555
but when I run
npx expo start --localhost --android
[ADB] Couldn't reverse port 8081: adb.exe: error: more than one device/emulator
Environment :
Expo managed workflow sdk 50
OS: Windows 10
standalone app
I have a full internet access and the vpn on android and computer is psiphon
I got it fixed , it's just about the wrong port I was trying to use 'port 5555' , so I could make it work ,the steps as following :
1_ enable USB debugging and connect device to the laptop via USB cable
2- adb kill-server & adb start-server
- daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
- daemon started successfully
3- adb tcpip 5037
4- adb connect <phone's IP>
5- adb kill-server
6- npx expo start --localhost --android
and it successfully worked .