I'm currently trying to publish a cordova app on google play store... However when I run the release build from the store the app does not connect to the sockets.
I am using LaravelEcho with SocketIo client.
After I searched the problem I found some results about a permission, but I already have that.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
Is it possible to debug the app in the release mode?
This is how I imported the NgxLaravelEchoModule
NgxLaravelEchoModule.forRoot({
userModel: 'App.Models.User',
notificationNamespace: 'App\\Notifications',
options: {
broadcaster: 'socket.io',
host: environment.socketsURL
}
}),
I managed to pint an error message thrown by socket module
xhr poll error
I spent hours upon hours searching for the answer to this question (and I know this post is old but perhaps it could help someone). Not one person could answer this. Though, I believe the true answer is that, by default, Android does not like http. Instead, a solution is to use https on whatever your socket.io client is. But that's annoying to setup.
A better solution is to allow http on the Android application. In your AndroidManifest.xml, find "application". It should look like this by default:
<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:supportsRtl="true">
Append android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" to this to get the following:
<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:supportsRtl="true" android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
Compile your apk and run it on an Android device. And voila! You can now connect to your sockets on the release build.