I cant connect via wifi React Native

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Description

Hello programmers, I am new to RN, I have a problem that I cannot solve. I am trying to connect via wifi, my react project from my pc with the app generated on my phone.

I have followed the steps in the documentation but still cannot solve it: https://reactnative.dev/docs/running-on-device… When I enter the development menu within the application, I go to the configuration and I enter debug server and port for device and I assign the ip of my computer and port 8081, it returns, “Could not connect to development server” and when I use ngrok, it returns me, ‘’ Invalid URL port: ‘-1’ "

I must clarify that I am using the react version 0.63 and my phone is android version 10, Samsung Galaxy A11 and i use window

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I need help to solve this as setting react native is very tedious and I am newbie. Thanks a lot !

React Native version:

Run react-native info in your terminal and copy the results here. React version 16.13.1 React Native version 0.63.4

Steps To Reproduce

Provide a detailed list of steps that reproduce the issue.

1. Open the in-app Developer menu.
2. Go to Dev Settings → Debug server host & port for device.
3. Type in your machine’s IP address and the port of the local dev server (e.g. 10.0.1.1:8081).
4. Go back to the Developer menu and select Reload JS.

Expected Results

Connect desktop rn project to the application generated on phone

[samithaf]

It’s worth to try wireless Debugging as well and it’s really easy to setup. Give it a try and see. https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb

Also see the device logs in Android Studio. Hopefully it will print an error and tell why it can’t speak to the metro server

[samithaf]

That’s cool. Probably you can close the defect. 😃