Accessing wM IS from Android device

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Guys,

A question form someone who is rather green in mobile development.

I downloaded the Bookstore application from the Wiki (Thanks Peter for updating it!). I’m running IS on my laptop (not in a VM) & I’ve managed to run the app successfully through both Phoney and the Android emulator. However, I cannot get it to connect to IS from my Android device. I can ping the device from the laptop and I can ping the laptop from the device, but I cannot seem to connect to IS (regardless of what port I use for the IS connectivity). From the emulator everything is just dandy, but from the device I cannot connect to IS - I’ve tried both DNS name & IP address as well as different ports - it all works on the emulator, but nothing works from the device (my home wi-fi network, no proxy, no restrictions that I am aware of).

I realize I am probably doing something stupid (or even more likely, there is something I have to do which I didn’t do) - can someone please assist?

One more thing - what do I need to do to get access to the Mobile Solutions section in Labcase? (I have access to Labcase, but not to this section)

Regards

Willem vd Merwe

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Willem,

Have you tried connecting to the IS console through the web browser on the device to see it this works?

Kind regards

Dave

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Hi Dave,

I was busy testing that when I got your mail (and that of course is also the time my dear laptop decided it hates my network so I had to reboot).

Anyways - problem solved (I’m blushing, trust me) - 2 words (please don’t pack up laughing) - Windows Firewall…

And I always ask people whether they’ve checked the obvious…

So I can say - the bookstore app (for Mobile Designed as opposed to Bedrock) on the wiki is tested on my Galaxy tab & works.

Regards

Willem