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Create and manage custom components

Custom components for SaaS: hardware profiles, images and recipes used to tailor Genymotion devices.

Custom Hardware profiles

Create a custom Hardware profile

Navigate to the Recipes > Hardware profiles page and click to open the Create Hardware profile modal:

Next, you can customize the following specifications to fit your needs:

Edit a custom Hardware profile

Hover the mouse over a custom hardware profile card and click EDIT to save your changes.

Duplicate a Hardware profile

Hover the mouse over a hardware profile card and click:

This will open the hardware profile duplication window. There you can modify your copy settings and/or click DUPLICATE to save and duplicate your custom profile:

By default, the duplicated profile is named "Copy of {original recipe name}"

Delete a custom Hardware profile

If the custom hardware profile is used by one or more recipes, it will not be possible to start a device with those recipes after deletion.

Hover the mouse over the custom hardware profile card you wish to delete, and click:

The delete hardware profile dialog box will appear. Click DELETE to confirm:

A warning will be displayed if the custom hardware profile is used by one or more recipes.

Custom images

Create a custom Image

To create a custom Image, you need to duplicate an official image:

Your new custom Image will be available in the Images page:

Edit a custom image

Hover the mouse over the custom image card you wish to edit and click

For the moment, you can only change a custom image name.

Duplicate a custom image

Delete a custom image

If the custom image is used in one or more recipes, it will not be possible to start a device from those recipes after deletion.

Hover the mouse over the custom image card you wish to delete and click:

A delete dialog box will appear. Click DELETE to confirm:

If the custom image is used in one or more recipes, a warning will be displayed.

Custom Recipes

Create a custom recipe

Navigate to the Recipes main page and click to open the Create recipe window:

Then, configure your custom recipe:

When done, click CREATE. The new custom recipe will be available in the Recipes page:

Create a custom recipe from a hardware profile or an OS Image

It is now possible to create a recipe from a Hardware profile card or an OS Image card.

To do so, click on the Hardware profile card or Image card of your choice:

Edit a custom recipe

To edit a custom recipe, hover the mouse over the recipe card and click

This will open the Edit recipe window:

There, you can:

Share a custom recipe

Please refer to Collaboration Features.

Delete a custom recipe

Only the owner of a custom recipe can delete it.

A shared custom recipe that has been deleted is no longer available for sharing.

To delete a custom recipe, hover the mouse over the recipe card and click

The recipe delete dialog box will appear:

If the recipe custom hardware profile and custom image are not used in any other recipes, you will be prompted whether you wish to delete them as well. Click DELETE to confirm.

Create and manage custom components (continued)

Custom images (continued)

Create a custom Image (detailed steps)

To create a custom Image, you need to duplicate an official image:

1. Navigate to the Recipes > Images page.

2. Hover the mouse over the image card you wish to duplicate, and click

3. Give a name to your custom image. Default is "Copy of...".

4. Click DUPLICATE

You new custom Image will be available in the Images page:

Edit a custom image (detailed)

Hover the mouse over the custom image card you wish to edit and click:

For the moment, you can only change a custom image name.

Duplicate a custom image (detailed)

(See Create a custom Image steps above.)

Delete a custom image (detailed)

If the custom image is used in one or more recipes, it will not be possible to start a device from those recipes after deletion.

Hover the mouse over the custom image card you wish to delete and click:

A delete dialog box will appear. Click DELETE to confirm:

If the custom image is used in one or more recipes, a warning will be displayed.

Custom Recipes (continued)

Create a custom recipe from a hardware profile or an OS Image Card (detailed)

It is now possible to create a recipe from a Hardware profile card or an OS Image card.

To do so, click on the Hardware profile card or Image card of your choice:

Edit a custom recipe (detailed)

To edit a custom recipe, hover the mouse over the recipe card and click:

This will open the Edit recipe window:

There, you can:

There, you can:

Share a custom recipe (detailed)

Please refer to Collaboration Features.

Delete a custom recipe (detailed)

Only the owner of a custom recipe can delete it.

A shared custom recipe that has been deleted is no longer available for sharing.

To delete a custom recipe, hover the mouse over the recipe card and click:

The recipe delete dialog box will appear:

If the recipe custom hardware profile and custom image are not used in any other recipes, you will be prompted whether you wish to delete them as well. Click DELETE to confirm.

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