# Is there a way to connect expo (react native) projects to the android emulator?

**URL:** <https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-expo-react-native-projects-to-the-android-emulator/114>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 17, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-expo-react-native-projects-to-the-android-emulator/114 "2024-05-17T10:23:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vikram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.firebasestudio.dev/vikram/32/95_2.png) [@Vikram](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/u/Vikram)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-expo-react-native-projects-to-the-android-emulator/114/1 "2024-05-17T10:23:11Z")

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I noticed in the nix configuration that there are only preview configurations for “web” and “flutter”. I was able to preview my react native app using “ngrok” tunneling. But the previews are not reliable. Is there a way to connect the android emulator to react native projects?

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**Author:** ![kirupac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.firebasestudio.dev/kirupac/32/5_2.png) [@kirupac](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/u/kirupac)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-expo-react-native-projects-to-the-android-emulator/114/2 "2024-05-17T16:12:07Z")

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Hi Vikram - this is something that we’d like to simplify further in the future and (possibly) provide React Native support out-of-the-box. Right now, our emulator configurations are optimized for Flutter.

Can you please upvote this feature request: [React Native implementation – Have an idea? Share it!](https://idx.uservoice.com/forums/953956-general/suggestions/47546057-react-native-implementation)

Thanks,  
Kirupa

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**Author:** ![Vikram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.firebasestudio.dev/vikram/32/95_2.png) [@Vikram](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/u/Vikram)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-expo-react-native-projects-to-the-android-emulator/114/3 "2024-05-18T08:02:45Z")

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Thanks for update, upvoted the feature request!

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**Author:** ![richkazz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.firebasestudio.dev/richkazz/32/990_2.png) [@richkazz](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/u/richkazz)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-expo-react-native-projects-to-the-android-emulator/114/4 "2024-10-05T13:26:36Z")

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How were you able to use ngrok, I am trying the docker version and I keep getting 502