See also: http://xip.io/
> xip.io is a magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS for any IP address
So you can test stuff on your phone/tablet without messing with 'hosts' file, for instance: myapp.192.168.0.1.xip.io will resolve to 192.168.0.1.
> xip.io is a magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS for any IP address
So you can test stuff on your phone/tablet without messing with 'hosts' file, for instance: myapp.192.168.0.1.xip.io will resolve to 192.168.0.1.
edit: It's smack on the front page of xip.io :) "xip.io runs a custom DNS server on the public Internet.".
And if your IP address changes, surely it is more of a pain to edit the hosts file again on these several other phones/tablets/computers than to just send a new link.
You wouldn't need to edit the hosts file, since your made up domain would just point to 127.0.0.1