Connect to Local Web API

  • In the weekplanner repository locate: …/<app_repository>/assets/environments.dev.json file line 2 change the https://srv.giraf.cs.aau.dk/DEV/API to:
    • If using an Android emulator: http://localhost:5000
    • If using a physical Android device on Windows: Plug your phyiscal device in and thereafter locate the Command Prompt where you will need to write the following: adb reverse tcp:5000 tcp:5000. Problems could occur if your physical Android device's Android version is not equal to or above Android 12. After that is completed do the steps above.
    • If using a phyiscal Android device and the steps above did not help try the following: Turn on "Use USB Tethering" in the device under networks settings. Next get your computer's local ip under network settings, this should be used in the environments.json file followed by :5000, e.g. http://192.168.42.130:5000
  • In the web-api repository locate: …/<app_repository>/GirafRest/appsettings.Development.json file line 3 change the "DefaultConnection": "server=192.38.56.153;port=3306;userid=root;password=Giraf123;database=giraf;Allow User Variables=True" which could look different, to: "DefaultConnection": "server=localhost;port=3306;userid=root;password=<password to your local database>;database=giraf;Allow User Variables=True"
  • Now: Simply run the app from your desired editor (Android Studio is recommended).
  • If you are having problems with connecting to the database while being certain that the database is online and you are using either Android Studio or IntelliJ, try deleting the build folder created by the IDE in the weekplanner and rebuild it. This should make sure that correct environments.json file is read.

Then when you launch the weekplanner app it should connect to your local web-api. Thus, the web-api needs to be running locally

NB: This change should ALWAYS remain a local change and should NEVER be pushed to GitHub.

Last update: December 12, 2023