LinuxiCCC: October 2013

Genymotion, is the next generation of the AndroVM open source project, it is a fast, cross-platform Android emulator that comes with pre-configured Android in it. It’s so easy use and has lots more functionalities that normal android emulator doesn't.

How to install Genymotion in linux:

Sign up for the genymotion account.
After logging in download genymotion for linux from this link.
Download and install virtualbox for linux from the this link.

Now nevigate the genymotion from the terminal.
Then enter the following commands in the terminal

chmod +x genymotion-1.1.0_x64.bin
./genymotion-1.1.0_x64.bin

It will ask for the installation like below screen shot.

After the process Genymotion it is ready to be used. to open it write below command

./genymotion

Using GenyMotion:

Now login with your Genymotion username and password. Click add from the Genymotion home screen. and Select a virtual device from the Genymotion cloud and click Add.

Now you can see the screen like below, click next to begin the download of virtual device.

The successful installation will display you the below screen.

Then you will be asked to enter a name for the downloaded Genymotion virtual device. Enter a name and select create and the click finish.

It will list the created virtual device in “Your virtual devices” in the home screen Then select play to start your virtual device.For the first time it asks to configure sdk path for using ADB , select the sdk path and you will be booted to Android home screen like.