I have a local node rest api running on my system.
My question is ,when accessing localhost from android we are supposed to use 10.0.2.2. And When using ios we can use localhost .
So is there a way we can control the host name we call , depending on the environment ios or android in a nativescript app
inside JS file you can use following (better when u need quick decide what to use per platform code)
/*at top file*/
var platform = require("platform");
var nativePlatformLocalhost;
/*in some function or globally*/
if(platform.device.os === platform.platformNames.ios){
/*localhost for ios*/
nativePlatformLocalhost= "localhost";
}
else if(platform.device.os === platform.platformNames.android){
/*localhost for android*/
nativePlatformLocalhost= "10.0.2.2";
}
or if u need more complex android / ios code based on platform and you can write two files one for android and one for ios with name convention and require as following line
require("file.js");
you will get file based on current running platform runtime, when u create two files with following names
file.android.js file.ios.js
http://docs.nativescript.org/ui/supporting-multiple-screens.html#platform-qualifiers
Adding the typescript version of the answer
import {platformNames} from "platform";
import {device} from "platform";
var nativePlatformLocalhost;
/*in some function or globally*/
if(device.os === platformNames.ios){
/*localhost for ios*/
nativePlatformLocalhost= "localhost";
}
else if(device.os === platformNames.android){
/*localhost for android*/
nativePlatformLocalhost= "10.0.2.2";
}