I use Cordova to bundle a web application as a native app for ease of distribution.
To test the site locally, but on the simulator, I needed to modify the hosts file on the Android simulator to point the test domain to the host machine:
<ul>
<li>Start the emulator in writeable mode:
</li>
<li><pre><code class="lang-bash"> emulator &lt;avd-name&gt; -writeable-system
</code></pre>
</li>
<li>Set adb to root
</li>
<li><pre><code class="lang-bash"> adb root
</code></pre>
</li>
<li>Remount filesystem
</li>
<li><pre><code class="lang-bash"> adb remount
</code></pre>
</li>
<li>Log into the simulator shell
</li>
<li><pre><code class="lang-bash"> adb shell
</code></pre>
</li>
<li>Edit the hosts file
</li>
<li><pre><code class="lang-bash"> vi /system/etc/hosts
</code></pre>
</li>
</ul>
After this, you should be able to access the FQDN on the simulator, which will now be pointing to the specified IP.

I use Cordova to bundle a web application as a native app for ease of distribution.

To test the site locally, but on the simulator, I needed to modify the hosts file on the Android simulator to point the test domain to the host machine:

* Start the emulator in writeable mode:
 
* ```bash
 emulator <avd-name> -writeable-system
 ```
 
* Set adb to root
 
* ```bash
 adb root
 ```
 
* Remount filesystem
 
* ```bash
 adb remount
 ```
 
* Log into the simulator shell
 
* ```bash
 adb shell
 ```
 
* Edit the hosts file
 
* ```bash
 vi /system/etc/hosts
 ```
 

After this, you should be able to access the FQDN on the simulator, which will now be pointing to the specified IP.

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Android - Modify hosts file