Genymotion Desktop Release Notes

We added a preview support of Android 8.0, also known as Android Oreo. The virtual device available with this version is Google Pixel.

We’re working hard on building the final version that will support all features.

Known issues

• All advanced emulation widgets are disabled for now
• No internal GPS
• No accelerometer (no orientation change on device rotation)
• No webcam support
• No remote control
• No copy/paste support
• No Open GApps 8.0 support

If you find more, we’ll be happy to hear from you!

You can now test your apps on Android API level 26, with all new Oreo features such as the Notification channels feature.

Improvements

• Links to Genymobile’s social network accounts have been added to the About popup.
• A Genymotion Cloud virtual device that is restarted gets automatically reconnected to ADB and keeps the same serial number.
• An Open GApps widget has been added and allows you to install Play Services in one click.
• The license popup window has been reworded.
• A “What’s new” popup window has been added to highlight new features when Genymotion gets updated.
• Unsupported options from “gmtool startdisposable” help have been removed.

Corrections

• Some error messages have been reworded.
• A bug regarding computed cache size in the configuration panel has been fixed.
• When debugging applications, the virtual device was rebooting. This has been fixed.
• A crash used to occur with genyshell remote (-r). This has been fixed.
• Virtual devices were freezing when taking multiple screenshots. This has been fixed.
• A bug occurring when connecting to Genymotion Cloud virtual devices using adbtunnel has been fixed.

Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version

VirtualBox 5.0.28 (Windows, Linux) and VirtualBox 5.0.26 (MacOS)

Improvements

• Added Android Nougat 7.1 now available in the list of versions.
• Added a trial version of Genymotion, It gives access to every features of the Business license for 30 days.
• Genymotion’s EULA is now displayed in the software after any new installation and it must be explicitly accepted to be able to use the software.
• Displayed User ID in the about pop-up
• Optimized ADB tunnel – tool enabling remote connection with cloud devices. It is now 50% faster during data transfers
• Removed device automatic shutdown when battery is empty.
• Fixed a race condition at device boot that could slow down the booting process.
• Added 4 new system properties that can be updated from command line, allowing better emulation of real device characteristics.
• Updated ADB to last version. It is faster and produces better behaviors after hibernation.

Corrections

• Fixed a lock file on Genymotion settings preventing Genymotion launch on Linux distributions.
• Fixed a bug making device characteristics incorrect when sent to Genymotion Cloud.
• Removed unneeded libraries from Linux package (libdrm or libxcb for instance)
• Fixed a bug causing temporary files to remain after canceled shares to Genymotion Cloud.
• Removed an irrelevant warning about minor version mismatch in genyshell.
• Fixed a bug causing Genymotion Cloud shared device cache not being updated.
• Removed a wrong token expiration notification.
• Added an error warning when gmtool detects ambiguous parameters.
• Fixed the output of ImageReader’s images.

Kernel Update

• For Android 5.0, 5.1 & 6.0, Linux kernel has been updated from version 3.10.0 to version 4.4.10

Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version

• VirtualBox 5.0.28 (Windows, Linux) and VirtualBox 5.0.26 (MacOS)

Genymotion 2.8.1 now fully supports Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Virtual devices available with this version are:

• Google Nexus 6
• Google Nexus 9
• Google Nexus 5X
• Google Nexus 6P

Android 7.0 is also available for custom phones and tablets. Enjoy Nougat in your own virtual device configurations!

Improvements

• Hardware (OpenGL) acceleration on webviews and browsers
• Updated ADB client to make it compatible with the latest ADB version from Android SDK
• Genymotion, the Player and GMtool now have a distinct app/bundle ID (identifier) on Mac OS
• GMtool can now handle disposable (non-persistent) devices for Cloud devices
• VirtualBox version tracking for the support team

Corrections

• Automatic adb tunnel reconnection if a cloud device dies (network interruption)
• Genymotion virtual devices do not freeze anymore (used to happen on some cases after Windows went out of hibernation mode)
• Fixed unexpected log error on Windows (“Got unexpected locking error 3”)
• Improved virtual devices & application sharing with Genymotion Cloud

Recommended Oracle VirtualBox version

• Genymotion 2.8.1 has been validated on VirtualBox 5.0.28. Please use this version if you are installing VirtualBox as a third party software

End of support for Gingerbread

• This version is the last version to support Gingerbread (Android 2.3 / API 9) devices

Known issue

• If the IP address changes after Windows goes out of hibernation, Genymotion virtual devices might still freeze.

We added a preview support of Android 7.0, also known as Android Nougat. Virtual devices available with this version are:

• Google Nexus 5X
• Google Nexus 6P
• Google Nexus 9

We’re working hard on building the final release.

Known issues

• no browser included
• no way to update the webview
• some video and audio codecs missing
• no camera support

If you find more, we’ll be happy to hear from you!

All other Genymotion features run properly. You can now test your apps on Android API level 24, with all new Nougat features, such as the multi-window, or the enhanced notification system.