Basic Controls

In Genymotion Desktop, widget visibility in the right tool bar varies depending on the virtual device display window size and screen resolution. To display all available widgets, click the top of the tool bar.

Sound Volume

You can control the volume of the sound emitted by your virtual device by clicking + or -.

Rotate Screen

Genymotion Desktop supports rotating the screen. Genymotion SaaS supports rotating the screen. Genymotion PaaS supports rotating the screen.

Click the rotate-left control to rotate the screen 90° to the left. Click the rotate-right control to rotate the screen 90° to the right.

This feature is not available with Android Automotive.

Full screen

There are no widgets to set the device display to fullscreen. Set full-screen in the "DISPLAY" section of the device settings. Use the Ctrl + Shift + F keyboard shortcut.

You can turn full-screen mode on or off by clicking the full-screen control.

Pixel Perfect

With Pixel Perfect, precise user interface development is supported. Pixel Perfect ensures every pixel of the application looks as expected.

One pixel of the virtual device is displayed using one pixel of the computer screen.

Click the Pixel Perfect control to enable or disable Pixel Perfect.

If the virtual device screen size is larger than the computer screen size, the virtual device window will be maximized. Scrollbars can be used to move inside the screen.

> Warning: This feature is not available with Genymotion SaaS. > Warning: This feature is not available with Genymotion PaaS.

Battery

The Battery widget allows testing how an application reacts with different battery charge levels and charge states.

Click the battery widget control to open the widget.

Toggle the Activate battery emulation switch to enable battery emulation.

Then, edit the charge level using the slider. Then, you can enter a value in the Charge level input field.

Then, toggle the state of charge with the State of charge switch.

This feature is not available with Android Automotive.

> To use the Battery widget, click the battery widget control.

Then, modify the charge level using the slider. Or enter a value in the Charge level section.

Then, toggle the State of charge.

This feature is not available with Android Automotive.

> To use the Battery widget, click the battery widget control.

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Navigation

The navigation widgets emulate Android navigation buttons.

| Button | Effect | |---|---| | Created with Sketch. | Kill the current activity and resumes the previous one. | | Created with Sketch. | Navigate to Android Home page. | | Created with Sketch. | List recently accessed activities and tasks. |

Power

The power widget simulates a real device power button.

> Warning: Genymotion SaaS/PaaS > The power button will not shutdown your instance on Genymotion SaaS and Genymotion PaaS! Make sure to use the user interface to power off an instance correctly, or it may keep running and cause extra costs.

Source: https://docs.genymotion.com/features/basic_features

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Keywords: Genymotion Desktop, Sound Volume, Pixel Perfect, Battery, Navigation, Power