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Create and manage custom components

This page documents how to create and manage custom components in Genymotion SaaS. The main components are custom hardware profiles, custom images, and custom recipes. Each component can be created, edited, duplicated, or deleted according to the rules described below.

Custom Hardware profiles

A custom hardware profile is a user-defined hardware configuration that can be used by recipes.

Create a custom Hardware profile

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

Next, customize the following specifications to fit your needs:

Name: The name of your custom hardware profile.
Form Factor: The device form factor. Available options are Phone or Tablet.
Input options: Show Android navigation bar to display Android navigation bar.
Display: The device display settings. You can adjust the width (px), the height (px), the display physical size (inches), and the density (dpi).

Edit a custom Hardware profile

To edit a custom hardware profile, hover over a custom hardware profile card and click Edit. This will open the hardware profile editor window. Click EDIT to save your changes.

Duplicate a Hardware profile

Hover over a hardware profile card and click Duplicate. 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 Delete. 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

Custom images are user-defined images that accompany recipes.

Create a custom Image

To create a custom Image, you need to duplicate an official image: Navigate to the Recipes > Images page. Hover the mouse over the image card you wish to duplicate, and click Duplicate. Give a name to your custom image. Default is Copy of... . Click DUPLICATE. 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 Edit. For the moment, you can only change a custom image name.

Duplicate a custom image

Hover the mouse over the custom image card you wish to duplicate and click Duplicate.

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 Delete. 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

Custom recipes define how to run a device with a specific hardware profile and image.

Create a custom recipe

Navigate to the Recipes main page and click Create to open the Create recipe window. Then configure your custom recipe:

Name: The name of your custom recipe.
Hardware profiles: The hardware profile of the custom recipe.
Images: The image of the custom recipe.
Description: You can enter a description for your custom recipe here.

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:

Create a recipe from Hardware Profile Card
Create a recipe from OS Image Card

Edit a custom recipe

To edit a custom recipe, hover the mouse over the recipe card and click Edit. This will open the Edit recipe window. There, you can:

Modify the recipe name
Remove and change the recipe Hardware profile
Remove and change the recipe Image
Modify the recipe description

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 Delete. 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 (summary)

Custom hardware profiles let you define device configurations for use in recipes.
Custom images are user-created images derived from official images.
Custom recipes combine a hardware profile and an image to define a runnable device.