making react native to use a Android simulator located at other computer

Question

Is there a way to configure

npx react-native run-android

to use a virtual Android device in another computer? I need this because for a given project I can run

npm start
npx react-native

from a docker container but I need to use an android simulator located inside the host but outside the container.

Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '20 at 18:20

It's possible to connect a device with adb over the network

So yes you could in theory have an emulator on the host and connect to its ip from your VM.

Set the target in your VM:

adb tcpip 5555

Connect to its IP:

adb connect device_ip_address

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