diff --git a/native/app.config.js b/native/app.config.js
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+/* eslint-disable flowtype/require-valid-file-annotation */
+
+import ip from 'internal-ip';
+
+export default {
+  extra: {
+    // developer machine's hostname in the local network
+    natDevHostname: ip.v4.sync(),
+  },
+};