Genymotion Device doesn't appear on Device Chooser - Android Studio

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I installed Genymotion with a virtual Box and the Genymotion plugin (Android Studio), created a new device and runs properly, even from Android Studio.

However when I hit the Run button, the Genymotion device does not appear on the Device Chooser, it says 'Nothing to Show' under the 'Choose a running device' radio button. How can I get the Genymotion device to appear on the Device Chooser and run my app? Is it something I am missing from the SDK manager?

I'm having this exact same problem. Started to happen after I updated Studio to 2.1 Preview 3 — Anton, Mar 21 '16 at 23:04
@FAST it's not true in case talking about newest android studio emulators, because them completely replace whole genymotion features and have competable performance — Beloo, Oct 14 '16 at 08:44

Anton · Answer 1 · 2019-01-22T23:18:33.337

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This happens because Genymotion is shipped with outdated Android tools. To solve follow the steps:

Open Genymotion app,
Go to Settings -> ADB
Select 'Use custom Android SDK tools'
And select location of your Android SDK.

On Mac with a recent version of Studio that would be:

/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk/

edited Jan 22 '19 at 23:18

answered Mar 27 '16 at 04:20

Anton

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Hi Anton, What is stock emulator? – FAST Mar 27 '16 at 23:36
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It's a regular Android emulator. You can create it via Tools -> Android -> AVD Manager – Anton Mar 29 '16 at 04:31
This worked for me on Genymotion 2.6.0 and Android Studio 2.1: `/Users/username/Android` – Andy H. May 06 '16 at 12:42
Thanks. Life saver. This info is not available anywhere. – KD. Jul 18 '16 at 10:49
on my machine the path was C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk – rothschild86 Sep 18 '16 at 17:51
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Very helpful, thanks. Just to add some info: In Android Studio, open Tools > Android > SDK Manager. The displayed screen will show the location of the Android SDK that Android Studio is using. That is the directory location that you want to enter into the Genymotion settings. – dazed Nov 11 '16 at 12:52
Accept as answer please. It's the right way to make it work (Android Studio with Genymotion 2.11.0) – GiveEmTheBoot Jan 14 '18 at 14:32
I restarted my Genymotion after this process and it worked – Edsel Ayala May 04 '21 at 03:41

score 46 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 09 '16 at 06:03

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I had the same problem, but I solved it.

Before running genymotion you have to first click on run and wait until project compile and show you the empty device list and then you have to start your genymotion, after that it will appear.

click the run button to compile project
device empty list appear
start genymotion
device will appear in the list

That worked for me. Hope it helps.

edited Oct 09 '16 at 06:03

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answered Sep 01 '16 at 12:04

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This worked for me! Thanks! To be clear, when I did it, I opened the Genymotion emulator using the Genymotion plugin for Android Studio. – ABC Oct 21 '16 at 15:13

rayworks · Answer 3 · 2019-08-13T06:59:24.207

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Got the same issue on AS 3.3.2, I tried to select location of the Android SDK, or kill / restart the server. Still they didn't work.

After that, I install the genymotion plugin in AS and open the genymotion device manager, then check the actual ip address of the active genymotion device.

adb connect device_ip_address:5555

Now the device can be detected on device chooser.

P.S. Thanks @Ismail Iqbal for pointing out that the genymotion plugin is not necessary. You can also get the ip address from the emulator header.

edited Aug 13 '19 at 06:59

answered Mar 19 '19 at 03:19

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No need to install genymotion plugin for this. you can get the ip from the genymotion emulator header – Ismail Iqbal Mar 19 '19 at 13:21
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this worked for me: adb connect device_ip_address:device_port ex: adb connect 192.168.1.1:5555 – Kasun Wanniarachchi Mar 26 '19 at 06:30
Thank you. I just got it working by connecting to it manually. – darksoulsong Mar 26 '19 at 20:26
adb is found at /platform-tools/. Worked for me, thank you! However, it requires this process every time I restart Genymotion, any fix for it? – Menilik Belay Woldeyes Apr 15 '19 at 12:46

score 9 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 28 '16 at 05:50

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I also am facing the same issue in new version of Android studio. following is my routine that everyday i am doing to solve this issue:

Click Run icon to see empty list of device
Close this list
Kill adb by:
```
adb kill-server
```
Sometime you need to run this command twice.
Start adb again by:
```
adb start-server
```
Click run again. Now I will see list of my emulators but not my Genymotion that is already up and running!
I will add my Genymotion by:
```
adb connect 192.168.56.101
```
This command has to be run when select device dialog is still open.

Now everything will be OK.

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answered Mar 22 '16 at 07:35

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Hi, I followed the steps above, but it still doesn't show my Genymotion device. – FAST Mar 26 '16 at 22:25
About the step 6, the command should be : adb connect 192.168.56.101:5555 in your case. – rayworks Mar 19 '19 at 02:48

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 11 '16 at 11:11

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On Android Studio 2 :

Click on button "Attach debugger to Android process" on Toolbar.
Click restart.
Try run again.

Goodluck.

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answered Jun 26 '16 at 05:19

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xebeche · Answer 6 · 2017-01-26T22:50:33.420

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Tools->Android-> Remove check "Enable ADB Integration"
Run your app with appeared device.( you will get an error)
Set check "Enable ADB Integration"
Run your app

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answered Oct 20 '16 at 18:01

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Kiran Benny Joseph · Answer 7 · 2017-03-03T03:48:05.710

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You can solve it quickly.

First make sure that genymotion emulator is opend.

close device chooser (On andoid studio)

open task manager(on windows ctrl + shift + esc)

pick process tab

find adb.exe maybe its adb.exe*32

right click and select kill process tree

adb will again appear shortly kill its process tree again( maybe more than one adb will be found kill all.)

then open device chooser (click run on android studio).

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answered Jan 09 '17 at 05:21

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This actually worked for me! ONLY one thing i did differently. My GenyMotion was closed. Then i killed the entire ADB tree processes(there were 3 of them)... And then when i restarted the Genymotion, it automatically appeared in the Connected devices. – user3833732 Apr 05 '17 at 08:16

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 14 '16 at 08:36

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I solved mine by:

First start android studio before starting genymotion. Then run the app in android studio and wait until you see the device chooser then start genymotion

answered Oct 14 '16 at 08:36

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score 2 · Answer 9 · edited Apr 13 '19 at 19:39

Just in case someone is still looking for an answer. The software versions in which i faced the
above issuue is -

Android Studio - 3.3.2
Genymotion - 3.0.1

So, now let's start with the problem. Just try the following steps:

Check if you have enabled Genymotion Plugin in Android Studio. For Windows, go to
File -> Settings -> Plugins -> Search for Genymotion and see if it is checked. If you can't find it, Click on Browse repositories , search for Genymotion and install it.

Check the tick in the plugin:
Check if the Genymotion Emulator is running or not and Genymotion Main Screen shows status as Running or ON (This was my problem. Although my emulator was up and running but Genymotion's Status was showing Booting). It usually takes some time to get the status from Booting to ON

Check for emulator status:
Check if your Min SDK Version is less than the Emulator's SDK Version. I faced it quite a lot in my initial days. For that, Go to your Module:app gradle file and see the Min SDK Version and the Emulators SDK Version is same or higher.

Check for Min SDK Version as highlighted in the image:

Hope this helps. If you still get any problem do let me know.

score 1 · Answer 10 · edited Sep 15 '16 at 23:22

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When you close the device, it is no longer available to the device chooser. You need to keep running the device from Android Studio.

edited Sep 15 '16 at 23:22

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answered Sep 15 '16 at 22:51

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 12:30

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I tried adb kill-server/start-server. But, It didn't worked.

Instead hitting this command 2-3 times quickly worked.

adb reconnect

answered Feb 17 '17 at 12:30

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 22 '18 at 17:36

In my case the genymotion path was not set ..so I solved it by clicking the genymotion icon from the tool bar and enter the path (the default in windows is C:\Program Files\Genymobile\Genymotion) then after starting the emulator it now appears in android studio

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jan 06 '17 at 16:44

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First you will have to run the genymotion from the android studio by pressing the genymotion icon after genymotion starts then press the run button, you will see the genymotion device option on deployment target dialog box.

answered Jan 06 '17 at 16:44

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jul 24 '19 at 20:19

In addition to the answers of this question :

My problem was about windows viruses , Last days i turned off my windows defender and i have't any other antivirus software in my system .

My SDK folder was full of virus , when i scanned Many viruses detected .

After removing viruses from my PC i had to remove SDK completely and download it again .

Finally notice that : For any reason , if the SDK files are damaged may cause this error .

Now the problem is solved .

score -3 · Answer 15 · answered May 09 '16 at 05:30

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I've tried from the android studio version 2.0 and the version 2.1, both does not compitable to genymotion. please use the version 1.5.1 or older than that.

answered May 09 '16 at 05:30

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