Implemented a test remote callout to an LLM running on the local host machine for development and testing purposes. Successfully getting LLM responses in the Alice messages UI

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
     <application
         android:name="alice"
+        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
         android:allowBackup="true"
         android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
         android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"

app/src/main/java/net/mmanningau/alice/LlmManager.kt

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ object LlmManager {
     private val chatModel: ChatLanguageModel = OpenAiChatModel.builder()
         .baseUrl(LOCAL_LLM_URL)
         .apiKey("dummy-key-not-needed") // Local servers ignore this, but the builder requires a string
+        // IMPORTANT: Change "llama3.2" to whatever model you currently have pulled in your Ollama instance!
+        // e.g., "mistral", "qwen2.5", "phi3"
+        .modelName("qwen3:8b")
         .timeout(Duration.ofMinutes(3)) // Local inference can take a bit
         .maxRetries(0) // ADD THIS LINE: Bypasses the broken Java 15 retry logger!
         .logRequests(true) // Great for debugging in Logcat

app/src/main/java/net/mmanningau/alice/MainActivity.kt

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers  //Added so that Kotlin run the query in background threads
+import android.util.Log //Added to facilitate the logging while developing the app
 
 // 1. A simple data class to hold our messages
 data class ChatMessage(val text: String, val isUser: Boolean)
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ fun MainChatScreen() {
                                         // Compose state automatically handles switching back to the main thread for UI updates
                                         messages = messages + ChatMessage(response, false)
                                     } catch (e: Exception) {
+                                        // THIS PRINTS THE REAL ERROR TO LOGCAT
+                                        Log.e("AliceNetwork", "LLM Connection Failed", e)
                                         messages = messages + ChatMessage("Connection Error: Is the local LLM server running?", false)
                                     }
                                 }