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Saturday, June 8, 2013

IIS Express - access from android while debugging

i am working on end to end project , need to build the android UI and the web services.
while building the webservice via .NET i wanted to test them via my device connected to my usb.

i noticed i failed to access the IISEXpress ,only localhost works.
i couldn't use localhost  on my url , i get an error.
one of the solution is to use my ip (in the local domain 10.0.0.5),
but i get access error HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 
i follow this link
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5433786/configure-iis-express-for-external-access-to-vs2010-project/5438322#5438322

and this
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7877523/how-to-allow-iisexpress-to-listen-internet

and i decided to change the next file  (win 7)
%userprofile%\documents\iisexpress\config\applicationhost.config

i change the next line - under my project (replace localhost with 10.0.0.5)
 <binding protocol="https" bindingInformation="*:44300:10.0.0.5" />

and my android managed to consume the service 

enjoy 
yaniv tzanany

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