Genymotion 2.10.0 (August 1, 2017)
- August 1, 2017
- Genymotion Desktop
Improvements
- Links to Genymobile’s social network accounts have been added to the About popup.
- A Genymotion Cloud virtual device that is restarted gets automatically reconnected to ADB and keeps the same serial number.
- An Open GApps widget has been added and allows you to install Play Services in one click.
- The license popup window has been reworded.
- A “What’s new” popup window has been added to highlight new features when Genymotion gets updated.
- Unsupported options from “gmtool startdisposable” help have been removed.
Corrections
- Some error messages have been reworded.
- A bug regarding computed cache size in the configuration panel has been fixed.
- When debugging applications, the virtual device was rebooting. This has been fixed.
- A crash used to occur with genyshell remote (-r). This has been fixed.
- Virtual devices were freezing when taking multiple screenshots. This has been fixed.
- A bug occurring when connecting to Genymotion Cloud virtual devices using adbtunnel has been fixed.
Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version
- VirtualBox 5.0.28 (Windows, Linux) and VirtualBox 5.0.26 (MacOS)
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Genymotion 2.9.0 (April 13, 2017)
- April 13, 2017
- Genymotion Desktop
Improvements
- Added Android Nougat 7.1 now available in the list of versions.
- Added a trial version of Genymotion, It gives access to every features of the Business license for 30 days.
- Genymotion’s EULA is now displayed in the software after any new installation and it must be explicitly accepted to be able to use the software.
- Displayed User ID in the about pop-up
- Optimized ADB tunnel – tool enabling remote connection with cloud devices. It is now 50% faster during data transfers
- Removed device automatic shutdown when battery is empty.
- Fixed a race condition at device boot that could slow down the booting process.
- Added 4 new system properties that can be updated from command line, allowing better emulation of real device characteristics.
- Updated ADB to last version. It is faster and produces better behaviors after hibernation.
Corrections
- Fixed a lock file on Genymotion settings preventing Genymotion launch on Linux distributions.
- Fixed a bug making device characteristics incorrect when sent to Genymotion Cloud.
- Removed unneeded libraries from Linux package (libdrm or libxcb for instance)
- Fixed a bug causing temporary files to remain after canceled shares to Genymotion Cloud.
- Removed an irrelevant warning about minor version mismatch in genyshell.
- Fixed a bug causing Genymotion Cloud shared device cache not being updated.
- Removed a wrong token expiration notification.
- Added an error warning when gmtool detects ambiguous parameters.
- Fixed the output of ImageReader’s images.
Kernel Update
- For Android 5.0, 5.1 & 6.0, Linux kernel has been updated from version 3.10.0 to version 4.4.10
Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version
- VirtualBox 5.0.28 (Windows, Linux) and VirtualBox 5.0.26 (MacOS)
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Genymotion 2.8.1 (December 30, 2016)
- December 30, 2016
- Genymotion Desktop
Improvements
- Hardware (OpenGL) acceleration on webviews and browsers
- Updated ADB client to make it compatible with the latest ADB version from Android SDK
- Genymotion, the Player and GMtool now have a distinct app/bundle ID (identifier) on Mac OS
- GMtool can now handle disposable (non-persistent) devices for Cloud devices
- VirtualBox version tracking for the support team
Corrections
- Automatic adb tunnel reconnection if a cloud device dies (network interruption)
- Genymotion virtual devices do not freeze anymore (used to happen on some cases after Windows went out of hibernation mode)
- Fixed unexpected log error on Windows (“Got unexpected locking error 3”)
- Improved virtual devices & application sharing with Genymotion Cloud
Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version
- Genymotion 2.8.1 has been validated on VirtualBox 5.0.28. Please use this version if you are installing VirtualBox as a third party software
End of support for Gingerbread
- This version is the last version to support Gingerbread (Android 2.3 / API 9) devices
Known issue
- If the IP address changes after Windows goes out of hibernation, Genymotion virtual devices might still freeze.
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7.0 stable virtual devices (December 12, 2016)
- December 12, 2016
- Genymotion Desktop
Genymotion 2.8.1 now fully supports Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Virtual devices available with this version are:
- Google Nexus 6
- Google Nexus 9
- Google Nexus 5X
- Google Nexus 6P
Android 7.0 is also available for custom phones and tablets. Enjoy Nougat in your own virtual device configurations!
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Genymotion Gradle Plugin 1.3 (December 6, 2016)
- December 6, 2016
- Plugins
Improvements
- The Genymotion Gradle Plugin now allows you to run your tests on devices launched in Genymotion Cloud, you can find how to do it in the Genymotion Gradle plugin documentation.
- You will need a Genymotion Cloud account to use this feature.
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Genymotion 2.8.1 (November 30, 2016)
- November 30, 2016
- Genymotion Desktop
Improvements
- Hardware (OpenGL) acceleration on webviews and browsers
- Updated ADB client to make it compatible with the latest ADB version from Android SDK
- Genymotion, the Player and GMtool now have a distinct app/bundle ID (identifier) on Mac OS
- GMtool can now handle disposable (non-persistent) devices for Cloud devices
- VirtualBox version tracking for the support team
Corrections
- Automatic adb tunnel reconnection if a cloud device dies (network interruption)
- Genymotion virtual devices do not freeze anymore (used to happen on some cases after Windows went out of hibernation mode)
- Fixed unexpected log error on Windows (“Got unexpected locking error 3”)
- Improved virtual devices & application sharing with Genymotion Cloud
Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version
- Genymotion 2.8.1 has been validated on VirtualBox 5.0.28. Please use this version if you are installing VirtualBox as a third party software
End of support for Gingerbread
- This version is the last version to support Gingerbread (Android 2.3 / API 9) devices
Known issue
- If the IP address changes after Windows goes out of hibernation, Genymotion virtual devices might still freeze.
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Genymotion Gradle Plugin 1.3 (December 6th, 2016)
- December 6, 2016
- Plugins
Improvements
- The Genymotion Gradle Plugin now allows you to run your tests on devices launched in Genymotion Cloud, you can find how to do it in the Genymotion Gradle plugin documentation.
- You will need a Genymotion Cloud account to use this feature.
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Genymotion 2.9.0 (April 13, 2017)
- April 13, 2017
- Genymotion Desktop
Improvements
- Added Android Nougat 7.1 now available in the list of versions.
- Added a trial version of Genymotion, It gives access to every features of the Business license for 30 days.
- Genymotion’s EULA is now displayed in the software after any new installation and it must be explicitly accepted to be able to use the software.
- Displayed User ID in the about pop-up
- Optimized ADB tunnel – tool enabling remote connection with cloud devices. It is now 50% faster during data transfers
- Removed device automatic shutdown when battery is empty.
- Fixed a race condition at device boot that could slow down the booting process.
- Added 4 new system properties that can be updated from command line, allowing better emulation of real device characteristics.
- Updated ADB to last version. It is faster and produces better behaviors after hibernation.
Corrections
- Fixed a lock file on Genymotion settings preventing Genymotion launch on Linux distributions.
- Fixed a bug making device characteristics incorrect when sent to Genymotion Cloud.
- Removed unneeded libraries from Linux package (libdrm or libxcb for instance)
- Fixed a bug causing temporary files to remain after canceled shares to Genymotion Cloud.
- Removed an irrelevant warning about minor version mismatch in genyshell.
- Fixed a bug causing Genymotion Cloud shared device cache not being updated.
- Removed a wrong token expiration notification.
- Added an error warning when gmtool detects ambiguous parameters.
- Fixed the output of ImageReader’s images.
Kernel Update
- For Android 5.0, 5.1 & 6.0, Linux kernel has been updated from version 3.10.0 to version 4.4.10
Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version
- VirtualBox 5.0.28 (Windows, Linux) and VirtualBox 5.0.26 (MacOS)