Genymotion Desktop Overview
- Genymotion Desktop introduces the user interface and actions available in the different windows.
- The guide lists the user interface keyboard shortcuts.
Accessing Settings
- Genymotion Desktop settings are reached via Settings: Genymotion Settings.
- The following top-level sections exist: Account settings, Network settings, Hypervisor settings, ADB settings, Device settings, Update, Storage, Misc, Shortcuts.
Account settings
- In the Account tab, you can sign out.
- In the Account tab, you can upgrade to Genymotion Desktop Pro.
- In the Account tab, you can obtain a license.
- In the Account tab, you can connect to a company license server.
Network settings
- The Network setting allows Genymotion to connect to servers through a proxy.
- The proxy setting does not apply to the virtual devices.
- See How to connect a virtual device to a proxy for more details.
- In the Network tab, you can modify the network settings to set an HTTP proxy if the host network is behind a proxy.
- To define proxy settings, check the corresponding boxes: Use HTTP Proxy; Use authentication.
- Use HTTP Proxy enables Genymotion Desktop to use a proxy when connecting to Genymobile servers.
- Set your HTTP proxy address and port in the corresponding fields.
- Use authentication enables proxy authentication.
- Enter your proxy username and password in the corresponding fields.
Hypervisor settings
- In the Hypervisor tab, you can switch between QEMU (default on Linux & macOS) and VirtualBox (default on Windows) hypervisor.
- In the Hypervisor tab, you can change where the virtual device images are stored.
Switch Hypervisor
- To change the default hypervisor, use the drop-down box to select your preferred Hypervisor.
- Toggle Hypervisor will prompt you to restart Genymotion to apply the change.
- Virtual devices created with VirtualBox will disappear from the Genymotion dashboard if the hypervisor is switched to QEMU, and vice versa.
Change Virtual Devices Folder
- It is not recommended to change this setting, unless you are familiar with VirtualBox and QEMU.
- In the Virtual devices section, you can choose where the virtual devices images are stored.
ADB settings
- In the ADB tab, you can set which ADB tool Genymotion Desktop uses.
- By default, Genymotion Desktop uses its own built-in Android tools, located in the following paths:
- Windows: C:\Program Files\Genymobile\Genymotion\tools
- macOS: /Applications/Genymotion.app/Contents/MacOS/tools/
- Linux: $HOME/genymotion/tools/
- You may need to use specific Android tools from a third-party Android SDK.
- If you use Android Studio with Genymotion, it is recommended to set Genymotion to use Android Studio's Android SDK tools instead of Genymotion built-in ones.
- The easiest way to get the Android SDK tools is to install Android Studio.
- Android Studio installs the SDK tools in folders:
- Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\Sdk
- macOS: /Users/your-username/Library/Android/sdk
- Linux: $HOME/Android/Sdk
- After installing Android Studio, open Genymotion and go to Settings > ADB.
- Select Use custom Android SDK tools.
- Click Browse to set the path to the Android SDK.
- You must set the path to the SDK tools root, such as Android\SDK, not the platform-tools sub-folder.
- If you installed Android Studio, the path example would be the SDK tools root, not the platform-tools sub-folder.
- Android command-line tools require Java SE Runtime Environment.
- If you do not wish to install Android Studio, you can use sdkmanager from the Android stand-alone command-line tools to install ADB.
- It is recommended to use androidsdk from snap on Ubuntu instead of sdkmanager.
- To install SDK tools with sdkmanager, run sdkmanager "platform-tools".
- To install in a separate folder, run androidsdk "platform-tools".
- In Genymotion, go to Genymotion > Settings > ADB and select Use custom Android SDK tools.
- Click Browse to set the path to the Android SDK.
- You must set the path to the SDK tools root, not the platform-tools sub-folders.
- If you installed the tools in C:\adt-bundle, C:\adt-bundle\ is valid; C:\adt-bundle\platform-tools is incorrect.
- Android tools require Java SE Runtime Environment.
Device settings
- In the Device tab, you can change the Clipboard sharing settings.
- In the Device tab, you can change the Screen capture folder.
Clipboard sharing
- Clipboard sharing between the OS and the VD is enabled by default.
- Clipboard sharing can be disabled in the Device section under Clipboard Sharing.
Screen capture folder
- The folder for screen captures and screencasts can be changed in the Device section.
- The default value is your home folder.
Update
- The Update tab displays the release notes and information of your current and the latest version of Genymotion Desktop.
- The Update tab is Genymotion Settings - Update.
- If a new version is available, you will be notified and prompted to update your copy of Genymotion.
Storage
- The Storage tab displays your PC/Mac disk space used for Virtual Devices, Caches and Other (Media folder).
- The Storage tab is Genymotion Settings - Storage.
- Virtual devices: disk usage by active and inactive virtual devices, as well as system images.
- Caches: disk usage by cached Android images and temporary files. Click CLEAR to clear each cache.
- Other: disk usage by the Media folder. Click OPEN to open the Media folder.
- The total disk used by Genymotion and all its components is displayed in the launcher footer.
Misc
- In the Misc tab, you can control whether Genymotion collects usage statistics or not.
- The Misc tab is Genymotion Settings - Misc.
Shortcuts
- The table below lists global shortcuts that can be used in Genymotion Desktop.
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS | |---|---|---| | Add a new virtual device | Ctrl + N | Cmd + N | | Open Genymotion Desktop settings | Ctrl + , | Cmd + , | | Open virtual device settings | Ctrl + I | Cmd + I | | Delete virtual device | Del | Delete or Fn + Backspace | | Duplicate virtual device | Ctrl + D | Cmd + D | | Generate virtual device log archive | Ctrl + K | Cmd + K | | Quit Genymotion Desktop | Ctrl + Q | Cmd + Q |
- Virtual Device shortcuts can be viewed and customized with the Settings widget.