Android Dev Integration

Genymotion Desktop 3.2.0 release notes highlighting GPX replay, OpenGL ES 3.0, multitouch, and simplified gmtool integrations.

Genymotion Desktop 3.4 released with Apple Silicon support, skins, developer tools widget, and multi-display support.

How to install Magisk on Genymotion for Android 11 and below using Magisk Manager ver. 23.0 and Magisk framework builds, including warnings about flas...

Use Aurora Store instead of Google Play Store for Genymotion PaaS/Device image, and make sure to use a recent arm64 image to avoid install issues.

Known bug with Genymotion Android 11 x86_64 image after installing Open GApps. No known workarounds. Avoid the message by using Android 11 "ARM versio...

Instructions for screen recording with Genymotion PaaS/Device image using the Capture feature, ADB, or the Genymotion HTTP API shell command, includin...

Learn how to use Android Studio, Eclipse, VS Code, JetBrains Rider or any other IDE with Genymotion SaaS by connecting virtual devices to ADB using gm...

Steps to change device product properties on Genymotion OS using adb by overloading read-only properties with persist.* properties, including a Warnin...

Learn how to change the Genymotion Desktop installer path in Android Studio by updating the Genymotion installer directory inside Android Studio setti...

How to connect ADB remotely to a Genymotion Desktop local device on Windows (VirtualBox) and Linux/MacOS (QEMU), including Bridged networking and TCP ...

Guide to automatically connect a Genymotion Desktop virtual device to ADB.

How to install Xposed,EdXposed or LSPosed in Genymotion? Instructions vary by Android version, with warnings about liability and notes that Xposed and...

To enable the virtual keyboard in Genymotion, activate the feature in each product and Android version. Includes Desktop UI steps, SaaS Cloud manual a...

To establish a TCP session to a virtual device, set up port forwarding with ADB using adb forward tcp:<host port> tcp:<virtual device port>.

Genymotion does not support Google Pay due to an emulated carrier; Google Pay requires a real device with a real carrier.

How to enable Android work profiles by disabling the default "Genymotion" admin account, with ADB and the persist.genymotion.device_owner.enabled prop...

Magis TV is not compatible with Genymotion products; Magis TV can be installed but will not start.

How to install and play Android games with Genymotion Desktop, including Google Play Store setup, Aurora Store usage, arm64 compatibility, and the Com...

Google Play Services keeps crashing after installing Open GAPPs or Google Play Store. Fix with Genymotion Desktop hardware check and factory reset, th...

Since Android Studio version 0.3.0, the toolbar is hidden by default. Enable the toolbar via View > Appearance > Toolbar (View > Toolbar for older ver...

Genymotion no longer provides Android 4.4 and below images since September 2022.

Genymotion support guidance for installing and running TikTok on arm64. Includes warnings about root detection, un-rooted Android images, and Open GAp...

Genymotion SaaS troubleshooting for apps and games that do not appear in Google Play Store or show "Your device isn't compatible with this version".

ADB connection can be lost after hacking via TCP port 5555 when ADB is not secured or authenticated, including when port 5555 is open to 0.0.0.0/0, wi...

How to connect a Genymotion PaaS instance to any IDE using ADB, including Cloud firewall setup for TCP port 5555 and a recommended SSH tunnel approach...

Google Play Store and Services are not pre-installed on Genymotion virtual devices. Install them using Genymotion Open GApps built-in feature on Deskt...

Steps to install and set up Aurora Store on Genymotion, including a warning for Genymotion Desktop on PC or Mac Intel and a Spoof manager setup flow.

Instructions for connecting a virtual device to a proxy on Android using HTTP Proxy without authentication, HTTP Proxy with authentication, Socks5 pro...

Google Play Store detects Genymotion devices as emulated and blocks some apps and games with the error "Your device isn't compatible with this version...

Yes, it is possible to install and play games with Genymotion products, with considerations and limitations including Open Gapps, Aurora Store, Androi...

Learn how to override the Bluetooth and Wifi MAC addresses by using persist.bt.mac_address and persist.wifi.mac_address with ADB and Android 12.0+ ima...

We do not provide old versions of Genymotion Desktop. Genymotion Desktop infrastructure evolves and adds new features and Android images, so compatibi...

Steps for installing an application/game in Genymotion Desktop when Google Play Store compatibility fails, including un-rooted Android images, mac M o...

Install Magisk on Genymotion with Magisk ver. 23.0 or Magisk 30.7 and framework builds for x86, x86_64, and arm64.

This tutorial explains how to connect a running virtual device to ADB in Genymotion SaaS using gmsaas CLI.

Tutorial: How to connect Burp Suite to Genymotion using ADB global proxy settings and installing Burp Suite certificates for user and system CA trust.

Release notes for gmsaas 1.16.0 dated 2026-05-04, including added commands and options, changed support, and fixed issues.

Genymotion SaaS 3.5.0 OS images release note dated 2025-12-04. Includes Improvements, Bug fixes, and Known issues for Android 15.0 and Android 16.0 (b...

Deploy Applications by installing an APK via drag and drop, Install Apps widget, File upload widget, ADB, or Google Play Store, plus ARM64 and system ...

Connect to ADB using gmsaas CLI. The page covers prerequisites, creating an API token for gmsaas, installing and configuring the CLI, and running gmsa...

Automation Features for Genymotion SaaS using the gmsaas CLI tool to run instrumented tests via ADB in continuous integration pipelines, including Det...

User Data Parameters for Genymotion PaaS. Defines user data JSON keys like applyEveryBoot, configuration, hwProfile, and user_dns, plus provider-speci...

Deploy Applications methods include From Google Play Store with Open GApps using the Google Apps Widget or Device content, plus installing APKs via Dr...

Change authentication for Genymotion PaaS. Instructions cover updating credentials or disabling authentication from the Web UI or via ADB/SSH commands...

ADB is a communication protocol specific to Android. This page explains prerequisites and step-by-step setup to connect ADB to a Genymotion PaaS insta...

Genymotion Desktop Launchpad Overview explains the Devices dashboard, Android Images, Hardware profiles, Settings, and Troubleshooting panels.

Learn how to install Android applications in Genymotion Desktop, including Open GApps, APK sideloading, supported ABIs, and installation failures like...

Genymotion Desktop global settings documentation for account settings, network settings, hypervisor settings, ADB settings, device settings, update, s...

Command reference for gmsaas CLI. Includes hardware profiles, images, recipes, instances (start/get/list/ADB connect-disconnect/save/stop/display), an...

gmsaas is a command line interface for Genymotion SaaS to manage Android instances and securely connect to Android Debug Bridge. It includes requireme...

The Genymotion plugin for Android Studio allows testing Android Studio IDE apps by connecting to active virtual devices using ADB, installing from AS ...

Rooting allows Android mobile operating system users to reach privileged control (root access) over Android subsystems, including un-rooted images, ro...

Install the Open GApps package in Genymotion virtual devices to access Google Play Store. Includes a warning about Google Play Services and steps for ...

Genymotion SaaS Changelog entries by date, including Android image updates and bug fixes for camera, clipboard, WebRTC, ADB Tunnel, and more.

Genymotion PaaS Release Notes. Includes Current and Legacy release notes with changes, improvements, fixes, and known issues by version.

Gmsaas Release Notes for versions 1.16.0 through 1.0.0, listing added commands, updated options, platform wheel changes, authentication changes, and b...

Genymotion Desktop 2.X Releases changelog by version, including fixes and changes for adb, VirtualBox, Genymotion Cloud, GMTool, and related widgets.

Genymotion Desktop 1.X Releases changelog entries. Includes release dates and lists of fixes, including changes around Android support, camera widget,...

Genymotion Desktop is a fast Android emulator for PC & Mac with sensor widgets, multiple tools & widgets, cross-platform support, ARM64 on Mac M, IDE ...

Genymotion partner program options for Resell, Co-sell & Distribution, Presales Service support & Training, and Build, plus a contact form for partner...

Bolt Food Case Study describing how Bolt Food scales their mobile automated testing for iOS and Android using Genymotion.

Genymotion documentation for an Android emulator with sensors and features. Virtual Android Devices for PC & Mac, Virtual Android Devices in the Cloud...

Genymotion is a professional Android emulator for mobile development, testing, demo, learning, and much more, with Genymotion SaaS, PaaS, and Desktop ...

Genymotion SaaS tutorials and guides: connect virtual devices to ADB, use MobSF, install Magisk, and run automated testing with tools such as Appium, ...

Genymotion Device Image tutorials list. Items include Install Magisk on Genymotion, Dynamically change vehicle properties in Android Automotive, Use B...

Tutorial tag page for Genymotion Desktop. Includes “Install Magisk on Genymotion”, “How to connect Burp Suite to Genymotion”, and “Create your own ski...

Security Testing tutorials for setting up and connecting Burp Suite, MobSF, and Magisk with Genymotion products.

Miscellaneous Tutorials page for Genymotion. Links include tutorials like How to connect a virtual device to ADB in Genymotion SaaS? and Install Magis...

Genymotion SaaS help article describing how to connect virtual devices to ADB; refers to an on-line tutorial.

Troubleshooting steps when the Open GApps widget (icon) is gray in Genymotion, including Android 4.4 incompatibility, External ADB (from Android SDK t...

Release notes for Genymotion Desktop 3.0.2 highlighting adb compatibility corrections with platform-tools 28.0.2.

Tutorial for instrumented tests with Genymotion SaaS using gmsaas. It explains instance start, ADB connection, running connectedAndroidTest, and stopp...

Tutorial for parallel tests with Appium and Genymotion SaaS. It covers gmsaas device launching, adbconnect ports, starting appium, and running Pytest ...

Tutorial for setting up MobSF with a Genymotion Device Image instance using ADB on a physical local machine and configuring ANALYZER_IDENTIFIER and AD...

Tutorial to use MobSF with Genymotion SaaS by configuring gmsaas CLI, connecting instances to ADB, modifying MobSF source code, and launching the MobS...

Release notes for gmsaas 1.15.0 with added Linux arm64 wheel, macOS native ADB Tunnel, updated Linux and Windows wheels, OpenSSL 3 for ADB Tunnel, and...

Release notes for gmsaas 1.13.0 dated 2024-11-06, including new adb start/stop commands, changes to exit code descriptions, and improved ADB Tunnel re...

Release notes for Genymotion Device Image v14.0, including Android versions, new features, improvements, bug fixes, and known issues.

Release notes for Genymotion 2.10.0 (August 1, 2017) with improvements, corrections, and VirtualBox recommendations.

Release notes for Genymotion 2.12.2, detailing improvements and corrections.

Webinar recording about end-to-end testing of Android apps using Arm Virtual Devices hosted on Oracle Cloud.

Announcement of Genymotion SaaS (Cloud) upgrade including new Hardware profiles feature and a maintenance window.

Genymotion announces Android 15 availability across SaaS, AWS Marketplace, and Device Image, with beta status.

Genymotion announces ARM servers for Genymotion SaaS, enabling ARM-native Android VMs with GPU acceleration and CLI support.

Announcement that Genymotion Biometrics widget is available on all Genymotion products, with prerequisites and usage details.

Genymotion announces a new data center in Singapore to improve connectivity for Android virtual devices.

Announcement of gmsaas 1.9.0 introducing the gmsaas portal for managing Genymotion SaaS instances.

A collection of tutorials about automated tests and CI workflows using Genymotion SaaS and related tools.

Release notes for Genymotion SaaS (Cloud), including gmsaas 1.16.0, Genymotion PaaS v14.2, Genymotion Desktop 3.10.0, and Genymotion SaaS 3.5.0 OS ima...

Battery level chart only updates when the battery is discharging; other charge states do not affect the chart, regardless of host or manual mode.

Genymotion Desktop supports skins. Learn how to create custom skins by adding background.png and a skin.json file in the correct skins folder location...

How to set a custom DPI with Genymotion Desktop by checking the real density used by Android and editing the virtual device display settings.

Android log messages are stored in the logcat.txt file inside the Genymotion Desktop virtual device folder by default on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Preliminary Bluetooth emulation is implemented for Genymotion images. Pairing and connecting Bluetooth devices is not possible yet because only the Bl...

Find Genymotion product user guides at the official docs site.

Genymotion only uses the stock AOSP vanilla ROM version of Android. The article explains why custom ROMs and custom interfaces cannot be distributed, ...

The Android multi-user feature is not yet integrated in Genymotion. Enable multi-user testing by running adb remount, echo fw.max_users=4 into /system...

Genymotion social media app compatibility and limitations, including an account limitation and results for X/Twitter, Mastodon, Youtube, Instagram, Ti...

This knowledge base article notes that the map on the GPS widget is blank due to a bug affecting legacy Genymotion Desktop versions and recommends upg...

Genymotion Desktop support steps for the “System UI is not responding” error, including host machine resources, Hyper-V (Windows + VirtualBox), and vi...

Error while creating the device / virtual terminal in Genymotion Desktop. Includes causes such as legacy version, free-space issues, and inability to ...

Genymotion Desktop 3.3.1 sets Every device API to 0.0 and changes size to 1024x600. Upgrade to the latest stable version because Genymotion Desktop 3....

Root hiding methods such as Magiskhide do not work with Genymotion. The page lists which Android images are rooted or un-rooted across Genymotion Desk...

Genymotion does not emulate baseband; calls and texts can only be simulated with the Phone widget.

Create your own skin for Genymotion Desktop. Learn how to create background.png and skin.json for Genymotion Desktop skins, including display, offsets...

Genymotion HTTP API lets you remotely control all Genymotion widgets and edit the Genymotion device Configuration by using curl with the -u option and...

The Identifiers widget shows Android ID and Device ID/IMEI/MEID values in Genymotion, and lets you view and edit them using the Identifiers widget and...

Genymotion GPS widget documentation for Single Position and Simulate Routes. It covers activation, parameter ranges, browser location warning, GPX/KML...

The File Upload widget uploads and installs (sideload) an .apk file, uploads files to /sdcard/Download/, and flashes .zip files.

Capture is a widget that allows you to take a screenshot or screencast of the virtual device display in Genymotion. It includes Screenshot, Screen rec...

Basic Controls in Genymotion Desktop: Sound Volume, Rotate Screen, Full screen, Pixel Perfect, Battery, Navigation, and Power.

Welcome to Genymotion help center! Knowledge Base / Frequently Asked Questions with categories and promoted articles for Genymotion users.

Genymotion About Us page describing Genymobile SAS, the “Android as a service” platform, company milestones, “The Way We Think”, support approach, and...

Applitools provides AI-powered visual regression testing of applications. It runs visual tests at scale across every app, browser, OS, and screen size...

Genymobile announces its acquisition by SHADOW to join Team Shadow and accelerate cloud platform developments.