React Native Debug in Expo - Failed to connect to /127.0.0.1:19001

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Hi,

I created my app in Visual Studio code using npx create-expo-app AwesomeProject.
When I start the application using npx expo start and go to Expo Go, I can see my application and use it.

I tried to configure the debugger and ended up with a launch.json file like this :

{
            "version": "0.2.0",
            "configurations": [
                {
                    "name": "Attach to packager",
                    "request": "attach",
                    "type": "reactnative",
                    "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Debug in Exponent",
                    "request": "launch",
                    "type": "reactnative",
                    "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
                    "platform": "exponent",
                    "expoHostType": "local"
                }
            ]
        }

In Visual Studio Code ‘Run and Debug’ menu, I start the debug using ‘Debug in Exponent’ and when I scan the QR Code and try to debug the app in Expo Go I have an error saying ‘Uncaught Error: java.net.ConnectException: Failed to connect to /127.0.0.1:19001’
I tried to delete the .expo folder as suggested in some other posts but it didn’t work.