How to use Android Studio, Eclipse, VS Code, JetBrains Rider or any other IDE with Genymotion SaaS?

Overview

Most developer tools can communicate with Genymotion Cloud SaaS via ADB.

The following content explains how to connect IDEs to Genymotion SaaS using the gmsaas tool.

Prerequisites

Install and set up gmsaas.

For instructions, follow the gmsaas tool user guide.

Log in to gmsaas with the command: gmsaas auth <your account email>.

Steps to connect

Launch the device(s) you wish to connect.

Connect the device(s) to ADB with the command: gmsaas instances adbconnect [--adb-serial-port PORT] <instance_uuid>.

If you receive the error message "Adb tunnel communication failure," it is probable that the sdk path has not been set properly.

If successful, the command adb devices should return localhost:[PORT] for each connected device.

For more details, refer to the gmsaas user guide.

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