Configure Fiddler For Android 📱 and IOS 🍎

Fiddler is an HTTP debugging proxy server application originally written by Eric Lawrence, formerly a program manager on the Internet Explorer development team at Microsoft.

Configure Fiddler for remote Android and IOS devices

At Fiddler side

• For activating remote devices traffic to go through fiddler we need to enable it. Can be done by navigating to Tools > Options > Connections > Allow remote computers to connect

• Allow remote computers to connect Enable the checkbox and to reflect Fiddler need to restart

• Note the port of proxy server which is 8888 by default

• Hover on the right corner on the online tab so that the server’s IP will be shown

  

At Android side

• Connect to the same network.

• Open WIFI settings for modifying the connection

  • Touch and hold wifi name and select Manage network settings

  

  • Choose Show advanced options
  • At Proxy settings choose Manual

  

  • Enter Fiddler’s IP address at Proxy host name
  • Enter Proxy Port i.e. 8888
  • Save the settings

  

  • Now to Varify connection please hit the URL ipv4.fiddler:8888 in Android browser. You will get web page as below

  

  • Download and install Certificate from storage. This certificate helps to decrypt the requests

At IOS side

• Connect to the same network.

• Open WIFI settings for modifying the connection

  • Touch and open WIFI info
  • Scroll down and choose Configure Proxy

  

  • Enter Fiddler’s IP address at Server
  • Enter Port i.e. 8888
  • Save the settings

  

  • Now to Varify connection please hit the URL ipv4.fiddler:8888 in Android browser. You will get web page as below

  

  • Download and install the Certificate. This certificate helps to decrypt the requests
  • On IOS you’ll need to enable the certificate by navigating to General > About > certificate Trust Settings