Custom Hardware profile is a user-defined hardware configuration for a device.
Create a custom Hardware profile
Navigate to the Recipes > Hardware profiles page and click Create Hardware profile to open the Create Hardware profile modal.
In the modal, 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
Hover the mouse over a custom hardware profile card and click the Edit icon. This will open the hardware profile editor window. Click EDIT to save your changes.
Duplicate a Hardware profile
Hover the mouse over a hardware profile card and click the Duplicate icon. 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 icon.
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 Image is a user-created image used by 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 the Duplicate icon.
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 the Edit icon.
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 the Duplicate icon.
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 the Delete icon.
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:
Name: The name of your custom recipe.
Hardware profiles: The hardware profile of the custom recipe. Click on the combo box for a hardware profile.
Images: The image of the custom recipe. Click on the combo box to search for an image.
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 an OS Image Card
Edit a custom recipe
To edit a custom recipe, hover the mouse over the recipe card and click the Edit icon.
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 the Delete icon:
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
This page describes how to create and manage custom Hardware profiles, custom Images, and custom Recipes.
Each section contains steps to create, edit, duplicate, and delete the respective component.
Procedures assume you are using the SaaS interface and refer to the exact UI controls (buttons, icons, and modals) shown in the screenshots.