Genymotion Desktop Release Notes

New Genymotion Virtual Devices version 3.0.0 for Genymotion Desktop 3.3 have been released. Android 11.0 is available with this release, for our paying customers.

• QEMU Support: We have added support for the QEMU hypervisor. This allows better performances, improved boot time and device state can now be saved and resumed for even quicker availability (quick boot).
• Rounded corners: For Android 9 and higher virtual devices, it is now possible to configure rounded corners radius and padding.
• Mobile data: An emulated mobile data network interface is now available for Android 8 and higher virtual devices. Some network profiles and throttling can be applied to it.
• Sensors: New emulated sensors are now available: gyroscope, proximity sensor and magnetometer.
• Audio: It is now possible to inject audio media files to the virtual device microphone.
• VM Heap size: The VM heap size can now be adjusted in the virtual device settings.

• Android 10: Android 10 devices could not start with AMD GPUs on Windows. This issue has been fixed.
• Android 9 and higher: The OpenGL stack has been updated.

Bug Fixes

• gmtool: The ‘gmtool admin list’ command now displays the right IP for each listed device instead of 0.0.0.0 (this was a regression introduced in 3.2.0 by a change meant to improve performance).

• application sharing: On Android 10, foreground application detection was not working, making application sharing not possible. It is fixed now.

• player: Improved device startup reliability on slow computers. Also, Player window stays in place after performing an ‘adb reboot’. Finally, device reconnection issues for Android 9 have been fixed.

• zsh: Fix gmtool zsh completion when installing Genymotion as root.

If you are upgrading from 3.1.2, here is what’s new:

New features

Genymotion Desktop now supports OpenGL ES 3, making it possible to test more advanced 3D code.

The GPS widget now lets you load GPX files and replay them (licensed users only).

It is now possible to disable clipboard sharing between virtual devices and the host operating system.

If you have a touch screen, you can now send proper multitouch events, including gestures like pinch to zoom.

Changes

The Player user interface has received a Material facelift, giving it a more modern appearance.

The GPS widget map now uses OpenGL for rendering: maps are now crisper, zoom is smoother, and texts are always correctly oriented.

The gmtool admin list, gmtool admin start and gmtool admin stop commands no longer require a license, making it possible to use gmtool to build integration with other tools like IDE.

genyshell learned the -q command line option to avoid printing a banner, making it easier to integrate in scripts.

We updated the bundled version of VirtualBox in the Windows installer to 6.1.14.

Fixes

We made the Open GApps downloading code more robust.

“gmtool admin stop” would sometimes freeze; this has been fixed.

Some UI elements were blurry on HiDPI displays.

When using an authenticated proxy, changing the proxy username no longer requires restarting Genymotion Desktop.

On macOS, the Finder “Get Info” dialog now correctly displays Genymotion Desktop version.

For beta users

If you are upgrading from 3.2.0 beta 1, this version comes with the following changes:

• We fixed a regression in the GPS widget which made it impossible to type negative coordinates.
• The GPX replay feature now accepts GPX files without altitude or time information.
• On macOS, the overflow menu of the emulator toolbar was not showing keyboard shortcuts anymore. This has been fixed.
• In the device manager: we fixed a regression which caused keyboard shortcuts to do nothing when they were activated the first time.

New features

Genymotion Desktop now supports OpenGL ES 3, making it possible to test more advanced 3D code.

The GPS widget now lets you load GPX files and replay them (licensed users only).

It is now possible to disable clipboard sharing between virtual devices and the host operating system.

If you have a touch screen, you can now send proper multitouch events, including gestures like pinch to zoom.

Changes

The Player user interface has received a Material facelift, giving it a more modern appearance.

The GPS widget map now uses OpenGL for rendering: maps are now crisper, zoom is smoother, and texts are always correctly oriented.

The gmtool admin list, gmtool admin start and gmtool admin stop commands no longer require a license, making it possible to use gmtool to build integration with other tools like IDE.

genyshell learned the -q command line option to avoid printing a banner, making it easier to integrate in scripts.

We updated the bundled version of VirtualBox in the Windows installer to 6.1.14.

Fixes

We made the Open GApps downloading code more robust.

“gmtool admin stop” would sometimes freeze; this has been fixed.

Some UI elements were blurry on HiDPI displays.

When using an authenticated proxy, changing the proxy username no longer requires restarting Genymotion Desktop.

On macOS, the Finder “Get Info” dialog now correctly displays Genymotion Desktop version.

This release fixes a bug in the GPS widget which caused the map to appear blank.