Genymotion + local web server with different domains


If you find this post, maybe you are in trouble configuring Genymotion + local web server with some domains.

I use the combo *[Appcelerator Titanium](http://www.appcelerator.com/) + [Genymotion](https://www.genymotion.com/)* to develop *Android Apps* and I use a *Mac* local web server with *Laravel Homestead* (*Vagrant*) which has more than one domain configured. This becomes a knightmare if you don't know how to config this environment, so follow my guide to make this work.

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[ Server ]

First, make sure you have *Laravel Homestead or Vagrant machine* correctly installed and running (important). Probably you have some projects configured in the same machine. For example, you can go to your project typing in the browser http://myapp1.dev or http://myapp2.dev. Here is a */etc/hosts* example file:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
192.168.10.10   myapp1.dev
192.168.10.10   myapp2.dev
192.168.10.10   myapp3.dev

/etc/hosts in my current OSX

As you can see, my server *IP* is *192.168.10.10*

[ Genymotion ]

Surely is configured, but you need to change the proxy settings as the next capture:


Settings > Network on Genymotion

The problem is that you have some domains and *Genymotion* don't know what's the domain you want to reach, so we need to modify the file *hosts* inside the *Android image*. To do this, first run the *Android OS* you want. Then type the next:

cd /Applications/Genymotion.app/Contents/MacOS/tools
./adb remount
./adb push /etc/hosts /system/etc/hosts

With this instructions, you **copy the current Mac hosts file to Android** and now *Android* knows where to go when you make a request from your code. Finally, you can make the request on your code to the domain you need as the example below:

{
    "global": {},
    "env:development": {
        "api": "http://myapp2.dev/api/"
    },
    "env:test": {},
    "env:production": {
    },
    "os:android": {},
    "os:ios": {},
    "os:mobileweb": {},
    "os:windows": {},
    "dependencies": {
    }
}

config.json on Appcelerator

Some useful commands on Appcelerator:

• Enable Genymotion typing: *ti config genymotion.enabled true*

• Your current Android setup: *ti info -t android*

Happy coding!