Genymotion Desktop Release Notes

Genymotion 9.0 beta virtual devices (October 31th, 2018)

We added a preview support of Android 9.0, also known as Android Pie. Virtual devices available with this Android version are:

• Google Pixel
• Google Pixel XL
• Google Pixel 2
• Google Pixel XL
• Google Pixel 3
• Google Pixel 3 XL
• Custom Phone
• Custom Tablet

We’re working hard on building the final release.

Here’s a list of known issues we’re still working on:

• Proper root support;
• Performance issue and some random UI crashes on macOS;
• Gmtool cannot display api level level 28 for Android Pie virtual devices;
• Auto rotation is not enabled by default;
• The anti aliasing of the Paint class is broken;
• The preview screenshots of recent apps and screencap are broken ;

If you find more issues, we’ll be happy to hear from you! https://www.genymotion.com/contact All other Genymotion features run properly. You can now test your apps on Android API level 28, with all new Pie features, such as the new enhanced notification messages, or the support of webp and gif animated images.

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Genymotion 2.12.2 (July 23th, 2018)

July 23, 2018 Genymotion Desktop

Improvements

• Updated embedded adb to version 1.0.40
• Adb tunnel (used to access Genymotion Cloud devices) now warns if an old version is already running.
• The version of VirtualBox bundled in the Windows installer has been updated to 5.2.14.

Corrections

• The latest adb (v1.0.40) was incompatible with our adb tunnel : This has been fixed.
• Always suggest to update virtual devices if an update is available.
• A more meaningful error message for unallowed domains when connecting to a license server has been added.
• A more meaningful error message when no more Genymotion Cloud devices are available has been added.

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Genymotion 2.12.1 Devices (June 13th, 2018)

June 13, 2018 Genymotion Desktop

Improvements

• Android 8.0 Oreo can now use an emulated WiFi connection instead of an ethernet connection.

Corrections

• In some cases, GPS sensor would become unresponsive: This has been fixed.
• If you were using Oracle VirtualBox 5.2.X with Genymotion, the sound output could completely stop, or be distorted. This has been fixed, the sound output now works with Oracle VirtualBox 5.2.X
• On old CPUs (Intel Core 2) Android 8.0 Oreo was stuck in a bootloop:This has been fixed
• The emulated GPS sensor produced a staircase effect, by updating Latitude and longitude values separately. They are now applied at the same time, removing the staircase effect.

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Genymotion 2.12.0 (March 1st, 2018)

March 1, 2018 Genymotion Desktop

Improvements

• Android 8.0 Oreo is now fully supported.
• The internal architectural has been reworked to enable more performance and modularity in the future. Old virtual devices won’t be compatible anymore but a free updater is now provided to all users.
• If you’re using an older version of Genymotion, you can now create virtual devices matching your version.
• Rendering performances have been improved.
• With a poor Internet connection, retries of network calls are automatically performed on timeouts to avoid errors.
• Support for adb shell screenrecord has been added for all Android versions from 4.4 onwards. The 3-minute time limit has been removed.
• Genymotion Cloud virtual devices now support the adb reverse command, allowing them to access chosen private endpoints inside your network.
• You can now your newly purchased licenses while still on a trial license.
• On Genymotion Cloud, you can now start adbtunnel on a specific port
• The version of VirtualBox bundled in the Windows installer has been updated to 5.2.6.

Corrections

• In some cases, adbtunnel for Genymotion Cloud could become unresponsive. This has been fixed.
• GPS timestamps are not impacted anymore by timezone changes.
• A popup window of the “Disk I/O” feature has been reworded.
• On macOS, orientation used to stop working when the computer exited sleep mode. This has been fixed.
• On Ubuntu 17.10, the display of some Gnome 3 notifications has been fixed.
• The link to the renewal page has been fixed.
• When using the latest version of Genymotion, the device updater could create invalid devices. This has been fixed.
• On some Linux environments, licenses could not be registered. This has been fixed.
• On macOS, a bug preventing the virtual device from starting has been fixed.
• The clone command now fails when trying to overwrite an existing virtual device.

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Genymotion 2.11.0 (October 25th, 2017)

October 25, 2017 Genymotion Desktop

EDIT: The Disk I/O feature is only available to Business and Enterprise licenses. It won’t be available to Indie users

Improvements

• The Disk I/O feature is now available (as a widget, from Genymotion Shell and from Genymotion Java API). It allows you to emulate devices with slow internal storage.
• Some more logs have been added to various components to help diagnose future issues.
• A reboot of your virtual device is now proposed after having installed OpenGApps.
• Command gmtool logcatdump is now available for Cloud devices.

Corrections

• A rare bug preventing Android from booting has been fixed.
• Some issues occurring when using adb reboot have been fixed.
• Command adb shell input tap has been fixed
• A crash occurring on Launcher3 when changing the wallpaper has been fixed.
• The black display of the EULA window on some hardware has been fixed.
• The error message returned by the gmtool logzip command when the target folder doesn’t exist has been clarified.
• The gmtool logzip command now also works without a license.
• The gmtool --timeout switch now works with Cloud commands.
• An error that could occur when sharing an app has been fixed.
• The list of templates used to be empty for some Cloud users. This has been fixed.
• The gmtool startdisposable command happened to return various errors in some rare conditions. This has been fixed.

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Genymotion 8.0 beta virtual devices (October 17th, 2017)

We added a preview support of Android 8.0, also known as Android Oreo. The virtual device available with this version is Google Pixel.

We’re working hard on building the final version that will support all features.

Known issues

• All advanced emulation widgets are disabled for now
• No internal GPS
• No accelerometer (no orientation change on device rotation)
• No webcam support
• No remote control
• No copy/paste support
• No Open GApps 8.0 support