Fix #137 Chnaged backend url to localhost:5000 and updated docs to metion adb …

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Closes #137

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores

  • Switched development API endpoint to use localhost for consistent local testing.
  • Enabled HTTP/cleartext traffic on Android to allow dev app communication.
  • Centralized environment URL usage across frontend services to remove duplication.

• Documentation

  • Added a setup step describing how to forward the device port (adb reverse) and troubleshooting steps to reconnect the frontend to the local backend.

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📝 Walkthrough

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Standardizes frontend API host usage by importing BASE_URL in ConversationContext.js, updates Frontend/.env to http://localhost:5000, enables cleartext HTTP in the Android manifest, and adds adb reverse instructions to Setup.md for connecting the Android emulator to the local backend.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Environment Configuration Frontend/.env	Updated BASE_URL from http://192.168.1.4:5000 to http://localhost:5000.
Android Manifest Frontend/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml	Added android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" to the <application> element to allow cleartext (HTTP) traffic.
Service Layer Frontend/src/services/ConversationContext.js	Added import { BASE_URL } from '@env' and replaced local inline BASE_URL literals with the imported BASE_URL for fetch calls.
Docs / Setup Setup.md	Added step instructing adb reverse tcp:5000 tcp:5000 and troubleshooting notes to reconnect the emulator to the local backend and reset the RN cache.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Poem

🐰 I hopped across the env and seam,

Replaced the host, then cleared the stream.
I opened ports and set the route,
Now emulator chats without a doubt.
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Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title mentions changing backend URL to localhost:5000 and updating docs for adb reverse, which aligns with the main changes in the PR.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	All coding objectives from #137 are met: BASE_URL standardized across services, .env updated to localhost:5000, and ConversationContext.js imports from @env.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes directly address issue #137: environment config updates, AndroidManifest cleartext traffic enable, centralized BASE_URL import, and adb reverse documentation.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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• Backend/chroma_db/chroma.sqlite3
• Backend/my_chroma_db/chroma.sqlite3
• Frontend/.env
• Frontend/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
• Frontend/src/services/ConversationContext.js

🔇 Additional comments (3)

Frontend/src/services/ConversationContext.js (3)

318-320: LGTM: Consistent use of centralized BASE_URL.

The delete operation correctly uses the imported BASE_URL, eliminating the hardcoded endpoint that caused the original network failure.

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355-359: LGTM: Consistent use of centralized BASE_URL.

The update operation correctly uses the imported BASE_URL, maintaining consistency with the centralized configuration approach.

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6-7: Good: BASE_URL centralization is comprehensive across the codebase.

Importing BASE_URL from environment variables is consistently applied throughout the Frontend—no hardcoded endpoints remain, and all 21 component and service files follow the standardized pattern. This aligns with the PR objective of addressing issue #137.

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