.. _lim-android:

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Android Known Limitations
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Local Access
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Android does not have native support for :ref:`mDNS<mdns>` and therefore cannot resolve ``.local`` addresses.  This issue has been long known by Google, and can be tracked `here <https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/140786115>`_ (Google account required to view).

Workarounds
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An app developer can add mDNS support, and some projects, such as Chromium, have long `considered it <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=405925>`_, but the real solution is for support to occur at the OS level.