Firebase / Firestore emulator not accessible over local network - firebase

Question

My app fails to connect to the Firestore emulator over the local network. I can access Firestore fine on the same PC the emulator is running on (localhost essentially), but when I test the app over the local network on my iPhone (http://192.168.1.23) anything to do with Firestore fails.
My code in firebase.json is:
"emulators": {
"firestore": {
"port": 8080
}
}
And in my firebaseInit.js file it's connectFirestoreEmulator(db, 'localhost', 8080)
In firebase.json I've tried adding a host property as follows:
"emulators": {
"firestore": {
"port": 8080,
"host": "192.168.1.23"
}
}
...and I've also tried "host":"http://192.168.1.23" and "host":"0.0.0.0"
In my firebaseInit.js file I've also tried:
connectFirestoreEmulator(db, '192.168.1.23', 8080)
and
connectFirestoreEmulator(db, 'http://192.168.1.23', 8080)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

I managed to solve it; I must've missed this particular configuration when I was trying different hosts and ports in various places. But for me it now works with firebase.json file as:
"emulators": {
"firestore": {
"host": "192.168.1.23",
"port": 8080
},
...and firebaseInit.js file with the line:
connectFirestoreEmulator(db, '192.168.1.23', 8080)
Not sure how I missed this specific combination but I'll leave this here for anyone else who has this problem. Thanks all.