(Later I will give you proof on the magic routing.) If you try to browse to this IP address, the requests would be routed to 127.0.0.1 loopback adapter of the host machine. So Google defines a magic IP address 10.0.2.2. And this blog tries to provide every bits that you might be interested in.įirst tip you should understand is that the Android emulator (a virtual device) has its own networking. I bet this question has been asked a million of times, but hope not every blog posts cover all the hidden details.