Adding HTTPS connection to bundle for Android

[unamed000]

Introduction

We're building a React Native hosting service that allow external developers to access the pre-built engine to make their own stuff.

This requires that the native app connect to custom hostname and ports

Details

In iOS, we're able to connect to a React Native hosting via HTTPS and WSS. Problem is with Android, there is no way i can figure out to do that for now.

The only way in Android at the moment was to set the "debug_http_host", which can change the "hostname" and the "port".

The problem is in Android it will always try to point to "HTTP" in the DevServerHelper.

Discussion points

• Support Android for being able to connect to HTTPS, instead of only HTTP.

[cortinico]

We're building a React Native hosting service that allow external developers to access the pre-built engine to make their own stuff.

This requires that the native app connect to custom hostname and ports

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do as this description is a bit too streamlined.

You can already override the hostname and port in React Native in a number of ways.

[unamed000]

@cortinico
Yes it can point to custom hostname and port.

The problem is we're hosting on TLS, which should be something like https://example.com, not http://example.com

That's a problem to a security concern since we're hosting the react native bundle on a remote server.

In iOS, when you provide the entire URL with https, it's automatically know about the TLS, Hostname and PORT.

In Android, it's different that we have to workaround by defining hostname, port.... (via debug_http_host) The problem is when defining hostname, it just take example.com and combining with the http automatically, and currently there is no way to change it into https for now.

If you looks at the Details part on the original post, you could see the problem that i'm facing.

[cortinico]

Yeah thanks for clarifying.

I see facebook/react-native#47952 has been imported and @robhogan is driving it forward which should unblock this feature