Android Question B4A Bridge won't connect

KarlB

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I installed B4A v10.70 on a Windows 10 64-bit desktop. Seems OK. I then installed B4A Bridge version 2.62 from Google Play on a Samsung S21 Android 11. App says my IP is 192.168.0.105. This also appears in the IDE Tools - Bridge - Connect. The lower left of the IDE says "B4A-Bridge: trying to connect..." for about 3 seconds then says "B4A-Bridge Connected" for less than a second, then the cycle repeats. The app always shows "Waiting for connections".

The pc is wired to the router. The Samsung is on wireless to the same router and same subnet.

I tried this with a Moto E6 running Android 9 - with exactly the same result.
 

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chikega

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I've been experiencing the same thing. Only one instance of B4A is running. It used to connect flawlessly, but within the last few days, it never connects. I tried it on several of my devices, laptops and desktops ... all with the same result "B4A Bridge Trying to connect..."
 
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Peter Simpson

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KarlB said:
The pc is wired to the router. The Samsung is on wireless to the same router and same subnet.

I tried this with a Moto E6 running Android 9 - with exactly the same result.
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Have you tired double checking your firewall setting on your computer

chikega said:
I've been experiencing the same thing.
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The same response to you as above, but I would reboot your computer and devices.

It's very very very rare that this happens to me, the last time was about 18 months ago. I just reboot my development machine and mobile devices, that fixes my B4X-Bridge connection issue.

If need be you can connect your devices via a USB cable (USB debugging).

B4A-Bridge over wifi without a local network

Starting from B4A v5.0, B4A-Bridge over Bluetooth is no longer available. You can use B4A-Bridge over wifi or USB debug mode to connect the IDE to a device. By creating a mobile hotspot you can easily connect to a device with B4A-Bridge even if there is no local network. The steps are: 1...
www.b4x.com
 
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MikeSW17

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Happened to me last year. Couldn't (be bothered to) fix it
I switched to USB cable (and enabled USB debugging) and forgot about WiFi.
A while later, realised I'd forgotten to connect the cable and it was working over WiFi again.
Prehaps try using USB for a while and see it it self-rectifies.
 
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KarlB

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It is working now but I don't know what fixed it. I used USB for a while and was quite happy with that. Perhaps rebooting the PC and cellphone was the solution.
 
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chikega

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Hey Peter,
That did the trick (rebooting my devices). Thank you! ? ... and your little gnat crawling on the screen got me! Good one! ?

Hey Mike,
I had no idea that using the USB cable alone (without B4A Bridge) was an option! I'm rather new at B4X and Android development. I did a little research/scoured the forum and realized I could have downloaded the Google USB driver this entire time since I was using the USB cable AND connecting via WiFi. ?
 
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BIZNET

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Hi Not sure if this will help but I had exactly the same problem and all it appears to be is that you need to open a project first then it works fine :0)
 
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