Phone won't connect to flask server on same wifi network

Question

I have a local server running via Flask. I go to localhost:5000 and I get served with my test page.

My computer's IP address on my wifi network is 192.168.1.128. My phone is connected to the same wifi network as my laptop.

When I access 192.168.1.128:5000 on either my laptop or phone, I get served with "This site cannot be reached: 192.168.1.128 refused to connect."

Why is this happening? My firewall is disabled and my httpd.conf seems to allow anything. Here's that file incase I'm missing something: https://gist.github.com/MatthewPageCS/3eee9ac18dc8311302b37946f5eb338a

All I need to do is connect my phone to a server running my flask code. Any idea what could be causing my computer to allow me to connect to localhost but not the wifi IP address?

Your app is listening on localhost. It is not listening on all interfaces or the interface via which the packets from your mobile will reach to it. Replace `127.0.0.1` with `0.0.0.0` and the restart the app. — Nehal J Wani, Aug 13 '16 at 19:42

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 06 '19 at 11:59

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You have to run your flask application on 0.0.0.0 otherwise it will not be an externally visible server.

Take a loot at the Flask Quickstart Documentation.

edited Oct 06 '19 at 11:59

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answered Aug 13 '16 at 19:51

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Phone won't connect to flask server on same wifi network

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