Flutter / Firebase - My iOS device will not connect to firebase / firestore while on WiFi

Question

My Flutter app I have been working on will not retrieve data only when it IS connected to wifi. It times out after 10 seconds. My cell phone it works fine. When I run the app on an the simulator from my computer it works fine on wifi. I am not sure if there is some setting I need to have changed or what...

I have restarted my phone, computer, router and same thing.

Answer 1

Just in case this helps someone else. I was able to get my iPhone to connect to firebase over WiFi after I turned off the "Private Address" toggle button.

Using a private address helps reduce tracking of your iPhone across different Wi-Fi networks

Settings App > WiFi > Select the connected wifi name > turned off Private Address.

After I did this it started working. I tried few more times with it on and off and eventually it started to work both ways. Maybe it was just renewing the IP address info I am not sure. I did restart my devices prior to doing this and it didn't fix it.

Answer 2

My iOS Simulator wasn't working too on Mac, so I go to Network Preferences (Click on WiFi icon and you'll find it), and unchecked 'Limit IP Address Tracking', and after re-running the app it worked.