What is it?

Just like your desktop web browser has a Network Devtool panel that lets you have granular control over your Network requests. Requestly offers a similar debugging experience for Android Emulators.

The Android Emulator Network Debugger in Requestly, you can simulate different network conditions, tweak requests on the fly, and share the results easily—essentially providing a powerful extension to your development toolkit.

• Redirect URLs

• Modify Request/Response Headers

• Modify Response (Status Code & Body)

• Modify Request Body

• Delay Requests

Why Requestly?

• All parts of network requests can be intercepted and modified using Requestly.

• One Click Setup

• Save and Share Network Sessions with others

Demo

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How to Setup?

0. Prerequisites

1. Download the Requestly Desktop app, if you haven’t already.

2. Start your Android App on the emulator.

1. Setup Proxy & Certificates

**Works only with Requestly Desktop App **>v1.7.0

1. Click Connect Apps

2. Go to Mobile Apps & Browsers tab.

3. Click on Connect button of emulator you want to connect to.

2. [if-required] SSL Pinning

Add these configs to your app codebase for it to work

1. Add res/xml/network_security_config.xml

Copy<network-security-config>
  <debug-overrides>
    <trust-anchors>
      <certificates src="user" />
      <certificates src="system" />
    </trust-anchors>
  </debug-overrides>

  <base-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
    <trust-anchors>
      <certificates src="system" />
      <certificates src="user" />
    </trust-anchors>
  </base-config>
</network-security-config>

2. Add to AndroidManifest.xml

Copy<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest ... >
    <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" ... >
    ...
    </application>
</manifest>

3. Deactivate Proxy (After done debugging)

OR

Run this command in Android Studio Terminal

Copyadb shell settings put global http_proxy :0

What's Next?

• Inspect the requests which are fired from your app.

• Try different types of Modifications which Requestly Network Debugger can perform.

  • Redirect URLs

  • Modify Request/Response Headers

  • Modify Response (Status Code & Body)

  • Modify Request Body

  • Delay Requests

• Share your Network Session with your teammates

• Create a Mock/File Server