Basic Controls
In Genymotion Desktop, the widgets visibility in the right tool bar varies depending on the virtual device display window size and your screen resolution.
To display all the 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 the sound volume controls.
Rotate Screen
You can rotate the screen of your virtual device by clicking the rotate screen controls.
You can rotate the screen 90° to the left.
You can 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.
You need to set full-screen in the DISPLAY section of the device settings.
You can also use the Ctrl + Shift + F keyboard shortcut.
You can turn the full-screen mode on or off using the full-screen control.
Pixel Perfect
Pixel Perfect is a feature for precise development of your user interface.
Pixel Perfect ensures every pixel of your application looks as it should.
One pixel of the virtual device is displayed using one pixel of your computer screen.
You can 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 is maximized. Scrollbars become available 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 you to test how an application reacts with different battery charge levels and states of charge.
To use the Battery widget, click the Battery widget control. Then you can edit the charge level using the slider. Then you can enter a value in the Charge level input field. Then you can toggle the state of charge with the State of charge switch.
This feature is not available with Android Automotive.
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.
- Click to put the virtual device to sleep.
- Click and hold your mouse button to simulate a power button hold (reset/power off).
> 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.