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Genymotion is a relatively fast Android emulator which comes with pre-configured Android (x86 with OpenGL hardware acceleration) images, suitable for application testing. The project has evolved from the old BuildDroid project, then AndroVM, and comes with a new player design, installer and more.

Genymotion is a relatively fast Android emulator which comes with pre-configured Android (x86 with OpenGL hardware acceleration) images, suitable for application testing. The project has evolved from the old AndroidVM and comes with a new player design and installer.

Genymotion features:

  • Easily download and run pre-configured virtual images: covering a range of Android versions from 2.x onwards, and various phone and tablet screen sizes.
  • Networking: Ethernet (emulates Wi-Fi connection)
  • GPS (with configurable coordinates) and battery (with configurable battery levels) emulation widgets.
  • Display: OpenGL hardware acceleration, multiscreen, full screen display
  • Genymotion shell which allows you to interact with your VM using a command line
  • ADB support
  • Eclipse and Android Studio plugins
  • Supports Linux, Windows and Mac.
  • "Drag&Drop" APK installs
  • "Drag&Drop" ZIP support for system updates/patches

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Why is the Android emulator so slow? How can we speed up the Android emulator?

I have got a 2.67  GHz Celeron processor, and 1.21  GB of RAM on a x86 Windows XP Professional machine. My understanding is that the Android Emulator should start fairly quickly on such a machine, but for me, it doesn't. I have followed all the…
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How to install Google Play Services in a Genymotion VM (with no drag and drop support)?

How can I install Google Play Services in a Genymotion emulator with no drag and drop support? I can't install it as mentioned in Stack Overflow post How do you install Google frameworks (Play, Accounts, etc.) on a Genymotion virtual device? due to…
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How do you install Google frameworks (Play, Accounts, etc.) on a Genymotion virtual device?

I'm currently trying out Genymotion and boy, it's so much faster than the ADT emulator. But I need to install Google Play to download some apps into it. How do I do this?
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React-Native, Android, Genymotion: ADB server didn't ACK

I am working with React-Native, Android, and Genymotion on Mac. When I run react-native run-android I get this lines at the end of the launch operation: ... 04:54:40 E/adb: error: could not install *smartsocket* listener: Address already in…
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Android Studio - Lollipop, ADB, & Genymotion issues: Devices won't show up. "adb server is out of date. killing..."

Update (11/10/14): Genymotion has released 2.3.1 which fixes this issue. https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/changelog/#231 Update (10/21/14): Genymotion replied to my support email and indicated the solution recommended by @plackemacher below is…
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Genymotion, "Unable to load VirtualBox engine." on Mavericks. VBox is setup correctly

I keep getting the following error: I have reinstalled, deleted and tried about EVERYTHING to get Genymotion to work again. I do not have the device I need, but Genymotion was PERFECT for the job, until Mavericks update I have been fighting to get…
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Capture screenshot in GenyMotion

I am using Genymotion for running android application. Could any one tell me how to capture screen shot in Genymotion ?
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Genymotion virtualization engine not found/plugin loading aborted on Mac

I downloaded Genymotion but cannot get it to work. I keep on getting "virtualization engine not found, plugin loading aborted". I have uninstalled and reinstalled it, force quit and restarted it, and looked at other solutions to no avail. It seems…
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How to access localhost from a Genymotion android emulator?

I can not figure out how to access localhost from a Genymotion android emulator. By the way, Im using MAMP.
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Genymotion Device doesn't appear on Device Chooser - Android Studio

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,…
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How to change target emulator in Android Studio?

I have several genymotion emulators for different API levels. The problem is this: I run the app on a single emulator with the option 'same device for future launches' checked. I open another emulator. I run the the app again. After this, the app…
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Genymotion does not start Android virtual device

How to resolve Genymotion/VirtualBox issue, when can't start Android virtual device? Bellow message is received: Unable to start the Genymotion virtual device. The VirtualBox software returned an error: "incompatible state". Please, run the…
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Android Studio doesn't see genymotion

I updated 0.5 to 0.8.14 version of android studio , but now studio doesn't see genymotion , what I must do now ? Thanks for all . Edit :I solved the problem by updating genymotion too
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Not able to start Genymotion device

I am getting an error when I try to start Genymotion. It says The Genymotion Virtual device could not obtain an IP address.For an unknown reason, VirtualBox DHCP has not assigned an IP address to virtual device. Run the VirtualBox software to…
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How to copy virtual devices downloaded by Genymotion to another machine?

I have installed Genymotion for Android in one machine (windows PC) and downloaded a Nexus virtual device. How can I copy the virtual device to another development machine? or do I have to download again for each dev machine? Genymotion is storing…
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