Genymotion Desktop Release Notes

Genymotion 2.4.0 now supports Android 5.1.0. Virtual devices available with this version are:

  • Google Nexus 4;
  • Google Nexus 5;
  • Google Nexus 6;
  • Google Nexus 7;
  • Google Nexus 7 2013;
  • Google Nexus 9;
  • Google Nexus 10.

Customizable virtual devices for phones and tablets are also available with version 5.1.0, allowing to create your own devices.

New feature

Phone widget

The Phone widget allows to test applications relying on telephony features and observe their behavior when receiving a call or a text message. It comes with baseband commands integrated to Genymotion Shell that send raw data directly to the baseband.

Only available with Indie and Business licenses.

Corrections

  • In some cases, OS hibernation could break Genymotion. Genymotion now runs properly when the OS exits the sleep mode.
  • The Remote control Android application encountered an installation problem due to the new ADB tool version. This issue has been fixed.
  • In some cases, network configuration was not complete during deployment, making virtual devices impossible to use. This issue has been fixed.
  • Genymotion installer for Microsoft Windows now includes Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.12.
  • An error occurred at license registration when pasting non-printable characters at the end of the license key. This issue has been fixed.
  • The GPS reception now turns off when disabled from the widget.
  • When modified with the Identifiers feature, the IMEI change is now visible in the System Settings>About Phone>Status panel of the virtual device.
  • The multi-touch rotation shortcut was not usable for some applications. This issue has been fixed.
  • When no Internet connection is available, Genymotion now does not take more than three minutes to start.
  • Some minor changes have been made in Genymotion plugins for Eclipse and Android Studio.

Virtual devices

4.4.4 and 5.0.0 virtual devices

The webview OpenGL error “**** ERROR unknown type 0x0 (glSizeof,73)” polluted logcat messages and has been removed.

4.1.1, 4.2.2 and 4.3 virtual devices

A crash leading to a restart of the virtual devices occurred when performing a copy-paste containing a NULL character. This issue has been fixed.

2.3.7 virtual devices

The sound of OGG audio files was corrupted. This issue has been fixed.

Corrections

  • A crash leading to a restart of 4.4.4 virtual devices occurred when performing a copy-paste containing a NULL character. This issue has been fixed.
  • Systrace report generation was not fully functional: some information was missing. This issue has been fixed.

Correction

  • A crash leading to a restart of 5.0 virtual devices occurred when performing a copy-paste containing a NULL character. This issue has been fixed.

New virtual devices

The following virtual devices are now available for download:

  • Google Nexus 6;
  • Google Nexus 9.

Those two devices are packaged with Android version 5.0.

New Android version

Genymotion 2.3.1 now supports Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Virtual devices available with this version are:

  • Google Nexus 4;
  • Google Nexus 5;
  • Google Nexus 6;
  • Google Nexus 7;
  • Google Nexus 7 2013;
  • Google Nexus 9;
  • Google Nexus 10.

Customizable virtual devices for phones and tablets are also available with version 5.0, allowing to create your own devices.

Corrections

  • When drag and dropping an empty file, Genymotion was returning an error message. This issue has been fixed.
  • In the free version of Genymotion, the Update button of the virtual device update window has been grayed out.
  • The new version of ADB shipped with Android SDK Platform-tools version 21 was not compatible anymore with Genymotion. This issue has been fixed.
  • The command devices factoryreset was leading to a crash of the Genymotion Shell application for Gingerbread devices. This issue has been fixed.
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