Updates

• Android 5.1 (Lollipop), 6.0 (Marshmallow), 7.0 (Nougat), 8.0 (Oreo), 8.1 (Oreo), 9.0 (Pie), 10.0 (Q) and 11.0 images have been updated.

New Features

• New shell section to have a console directly accessible from the web UI
• Added the SDK documentation to be able to share a device in a website
• Added some userdata params to start an instance with parameters (i. e. dynamic resolution)
• New dark mode
• Updated the UI framework to its last version

Fixes

• Fixed dnsmasq still listening to user keypress on Android 8.1 & 9.0
• Fixed a bug where user was not able to use the configured TURN server
• Fixed a bug on AWS ARM versions, where hypervisor & platforms were not correctly returned

Android 11

• Brings Opengapps installation support in Android 11 using the Upload widget or Drag’n drop feature.
• Reduces boot time due to a wrongly configured component in Android 11.
• Fixed screen density and resolution configuration not being applied correctly.

Android versions

• Android 11.0 images have been created.
• Android 10.0 (Q) images have been updated.
• Pie (Android 9.0) images have been updated.
• Oreo (Android 8.1) images have been updated.
• Oreo (Android 8.0) images have been updated.
• Nougat (Android 7.0) images have been updated.
• Marshmallow (Android 6.0) images have been updated.
• Lollipop (Android 5.1) images have been updated.

New Features

• Added Android 11.0
• Added the ability to use microphone
• Added “speed” field in GPS API

Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing whatsapp compatibility
• Fixed the camera crashing after several minutes
• Fixed an issue with SSL certificate generation of long domain names
• Fixed an issue with loading page not showing up in Android 10
• Fixed an issue with wifi being disabled when external data disk is used with Android 7.0
• Fixed troubleshooting tests

Android versions

• Android 10.0 images have been updated.
• Pie (Android 9.0) images have been updated.
• Oreo (Android 8.1) images have been updated.
• Oreo (Android 8.0) images have been updated.
• Nougat (Android 7.0) images have been updated.
• Marshmallow (Android 6.0) images have been updated.
• Lollipop (Android 5.1) images have been updated.

All images are available on all supported cloud providers, including AWS, GCP, Azure and Alibaba Cloud.

Features

• Added a “letsencrypt” section in configuration to easily generate a valid SSL certificate directly from the user interface
• Added the possibility to plug an external disk as a “/data” partition, to store users configuration independently from the machine
• Added a SSH entry in the configuration to be able to easily add/remove allowed SSH keys
• Added our first ARM-based version on AWS
• Bumped TLS version from TLS 1.0 to TLS 1.2 and above
• Bumped Webrtc libraries to version 85 to improve smoothness and fluidity of display

Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing the camera to work properly
• Fixed an issue with file upload progress circle displaying negative percentage
• Fixed an issue preventing large files (>850MB) upload
• Fixed some performance and security issues with Android 10

Android versions

– Android 10.0 images have been created on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud and Azure.
– Pie (Android 9.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud and Azure.
– Oreo (Android 8.0 & 8.1) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud and Azure.
– Nougat (Android 7.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud and Azure.
– Marshmallow (Android 6.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP, Alibaba Cloud and Azure.
– Lollipop (Android 5.1) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.

Features

– Added Android 10 on all supported cloud providers: AWS, GCP, Azure and Aliyun

– Updated the SSHd configuration to have more security

– Added “ro.product.model”, “ro.build.fingerprint” and “ro.build.description” properties in the Configuration section

– Added a Baseband HTTP API

– Added the possibility to avoid regenerating SSH key file at boot using “persist.god.keep_ssh_keys” property

– Added a websocket keepalive mechanism to avoid disconnections behind a HTTP middleware like Cloudflare/Apache2/Nginx

– Added error messages in UI and logcat when a user did not succeed to install an application because of incompatibility.

Corrections

– Fixed HRS (HTTP Response Splitting) vulnerability
– Fixed some bugs with the resize of disk at boot that was not updated in Android
– Fixed Kiosk HTTP API on Android 9.0
– Fixed mouse HTTP API on Android 6.0
– Fixed frontend SDK javascript close() call error
– Fixed keyboard on Android 5.1
– Fixed SSL certificate generation with letsencrypt
– Fixed a network issue on GCP with Android 8.0+
– Fixed OpenGapps installation issue
– Fixed documentation links

Android versions

– The Pie (Android 9.0) image has been created on Azure.
– The Oreo (Android 8.0) image has been created on Azure.
– The Nougat (Android 7.0) image has been created on Azure.
– The Marshmallow (Android 6.0) image has been created on Azure.

Features

– Genymotion Cloud PaaS 8.0 is now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
– Password is the instance name.
– Android 5.1 is not available on Azure.
– Since it is the first release on Azure, any feedback is welcome.

Corrections

N/A

Android versions

– The Pie (Android 9.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Oreo (Android 8.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Nougat (Android 7.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Marshmallow (Android 6.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Lollipop (Android 5.1) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.

Features

– Enabled Open GApps installation in the file upload widget

– Added autofocus to the camera

– Added a logcat UI entry to see live application logs

– Updated wallpaper for something with colors

– Added options to configure animation, pointer location and virtual keyboard

– Added a default TURN/STUN so that user can easily connect to their device

– Added HTTP API and an option in the UI to reboot/power off from the toolbar

– Added support of disk resize (enlarge) on all Android versions

Corrections

– Stabilized the baseband so it is always working
– Fixed keyboard inputs broken after some key combinations
– Android >= 8.0 are now using the network provided DNS and not 8.8.8.8
– Fixed an issue that kept websockets alive forever
– Pictures taken with Chrome inside the device are not blue-ish anymore
– Fixed GPS position only sent once and baidu maps not working
– SSL stacktraces are now displayed in a more compact way in logcat
– The device is not anymore vulnerable to SSL poodle

Android versions

– The Pie (Android 9.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Oreo (Android 8.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Nougat (Android 7.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Marshmallow (Android 6.0) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
– The Lollipop (Android 5.1) images have been updated on AWS, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.

Features

– A new section to configure your instance easily has been added. It contains ADB, authentication, product properties, resolution, TURN/STUN, kiosk & product usage.

– Added HTTP APIs to emulate text messages & phone calls, get a screenshot of the device, the list of people connected, inject an image as camera and get the kiosk status.

– Improved the autoplay screen policy: the stream is starting muted, with a message alerting the user to click anywhere to re-enable sound. See https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes for more information.

– Added a clipboard widget to easily change android clipboard from your web browser

– Increased the web widget file upload speed up to 16x

Corrections

– Fixed keyboard not working anymore after clicking out of some widgets.
– Fixed files not being opened correctly after upload if there is special characters in name or an uppercase in the extension.
– Fixed the gallery list not being refreshed after uploading a media file.
– Fixed an issue preventing the letsencrypt certificate generation to work on android 9.0
– Fixed connection with SSH when there is no Public IP address
– Fixed a stability issue, System broadcasts ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED randomly making Appium test failing
– Fixed the virtual keyboard crashing when selecting ?123 on Android 8.0
– Fixed the battery HTTP API returning “not charging” by default
– Fixed TelephonyManager.getImei() returning null, and make it persistent after reboot
– Fixed HTTP API shell “big” payloads causing timeout
– Fixed the 3 loading dots appearing behind the video in some cases when resizing the browser window
– Fixed the API reference not working anymore when changing default password

Android versions

The Pie (Android 9.0) images have been created.
– AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B07QDP6ZXN
– GCP: https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/genymotion-public-project/genymotion-9-0
– Alibaba Cloud: https://marketplace.alibabacloud.com/products/56718003/sgcmjj024706.html

Features

– ISO- feature with the v6.0, see previous release notes

– WARNING: this new Android version is slow compared to previous ones. We are aware of the issue and we are working on a patch to fix the slowness of the image.

Corrections

– None

Android versions

– The Oreo (Android 8.0) images have been updated on AWS and GCP.
– The Nougat (Android 7.0) images have been updated on AWS and GCP.
– The Marshmallow (Android 6.0) images have been updated on AWS and GCP.
– The Lollipop (Android 5.1) images have been updated on AWS and GCP.

Features

– A new UI to display the Virtual Machine, its metadata, and embed it inside your website. The old user interface is still accessible using the `/iframe/` path.

– A compatibility with an extended list of browsers:

• Safari 11+
• Chrome 34+
• Firefox 30+
• Internet Explorer 11+
• Edge 15+
• Opera 22+

– HTTP APIs to control various android settings and configurations, such as the clipboard, android IDs & version, shell commands, gps, orientation, battery and various other input or settings.

Corrections

– Fixed a bug which prevented recent version of Chrome to work
– Fixed a GPS bug which prevented the location to be correctly updated on the device
– Fixed a SSL bug which prevented recent version of Chrome to work on mac OS X

Android versions

– The Nougat (Android 7.0) AMI has been updated.
– The Marshmallow (Android 6.0) AMI has been updated.
– The Lollipop (Android 5.1) AMI has been updated.

Features

– Genymotion Cloud PaaS is now available on Google Cloud Platform with a per-second billing system. Images of virtual devices are available in the following Android versions:
–> Android 5.1 Lollipop
–> Android 6.0 Marshmallow
–> Android 7.0 Nougat
– Graphics performance has been improved, thus multiplicating by up to 4 the performance compared to older versions.
– A new bootscreen has been added for a better user experience while waiting for the virtual device to boot
– The Capture widget has been modified to add video recording (screencast).
– Nvidia GRID compatibility has been added (with OpenGL ES 3.1 support).
– Larger /system and /data partition size (10Go by default) have been implemented to install Open GApps easily and more applications.

Corrections

– A bug allowed users to enter an incorrect Android ID value. This has been fixed.
– An OpenGL bug that was preventing some applications to display on Android 7.0 (Nougat) has been fixed.
– The default dalvik heap size has been enlarged to minimum 512Mo to avoid having “Out Of Memory” messages when spawning applications that require a lot of memory.

Android versions

– The Nougat (Android 7.0) AMI has been updated.
– The Marshmallow (Android 6.0) AMI has been updated.
– The Lollipop (Android 5.1) AMI has been updated.

Features

– WebRTC has been updated from version 54 to version 63.
– For SSH connection, the username has been changed from “root” to “shell”
– A new wallpaper for Android 10-year anniversary has been added.

Corrections

– Adb screenrecord has been fixed on Android 5.1 & Android 7.0.
– Adb daemon was enabled by default in Android 7.0. This has been fixed.
– An issue when rotating the screen on Android 6.0 with firefox has been fixed.
– A huge latency occurring after several days of usage has been fixed.
– The overall stability has been improved.

Android versions

– The Nougat (Android 7.0) AMI has been updated.
– The Marshmallow (Android 6.0) AMI has been updated.
– The Lollipop (Android 5.1) AMI has been updated.

Features

– The Network widget has been updated: a section dedicated to network quality has been added in order to test application behavior with poor connectivity.

See: Tutorial

– The Disk I/O widget has been added and allows you to emulate a low-end device with low disk bandwidth. Some limitations may apply depending on the instance you are running. For more information on the Disk I/O widget, refer to the Genymotion on Demand User Guide.

See: Tutorial

– The Screenshot widget has been added and allows you to take a screenshot of your virtual device directly from your web browser.

– The interface of virtual devices has been fine-tuned to integrate new icons and a new design of the GPS widget. Also, widgets now automatically close when clicking outside the window.

– The communication protocol has been replaced with Redis, thus improving the overall performance of virtual devices.

Corrections

– A bug that prevented the web interface from working properly after a couple of hours has been fixed.

Android versions

– A Nougat (Android 7.0) AMI is now available.

– The Marshmallow  (Android 6.0) AMI has been updated

– A Lollipop (Android 5.1) AMI has been updated

With Nougat, when flashing the Open GApps, you must use: x86_64/7.0/micro

Features

– The Camera widget  has been added and allows you to use your webcam as a virtual Android camera.
See: Tutorial

– The Network (mobile network/SIM emulation) widget has been added and allows you to emulate several network/SIM operators to test your application behavior on specific networks.
See: Tutorial

– An easy way to generate a valid SSL certificate has been added: it consists in a new method to generate a certificate from Let’s encrypt servers directly in the instance to avoid a connection warning due to self-signed certificate created at first boot.
See: Tutorial

– Mobile browsers are now supported. A useless message displayed on mobile browsers when accessing an instance has been removed.

Corrections

The user can now drag and drop or reinstall an application (APK) twice.

Android versions

– A Lollipop AMI is now available

– The Marshmallow AMI has been updated

Both versions now support 64 bits. If you are using Open GApps you should now use:

x86_64/5.1/micro for the Lollipop version
x86_64/6.0/micro for the Marshmallow version

Features

– Virtual devices can now be configured to use only one standard network port (HTTPS).
– A new kiosk mode locks your application within your virtual device so that the user can only interact with your application and nothing else.
– An ADB multiplexer has been implemented and allows using ADB from multiple locations at the same time.
– You can now use your own SSL certificate.
– The Genymotion Java API has been enabled.
– A new option to enable or disable the toolbar has been added.
– Overall performance has been improved.
– A proper root support has been added.

Corrections

– Some SSH access issues for Windows and Mac have been fixed.
– The authentication issue during file upload has been fixed.
– The keyboard issue generating a double text input after connection/reconnection has been fixed.
– Recent app and Home buttons have been fixed.
– The right Google Maps API key is now used, ensuring proper access to Google Maps.
– Text inputs in applications were forwarded to vconsole. This has been fixed.

Android versions

AMI available for Marshmallow (some other Android versions are coming soon)

Access

– SSH access using your AWS key pair
– Emulator can be displayed in a set of compatible web browsers: chrome, opera

Features

– Multitouch
– Basic authentication to access the web interface (by default login: genymotion / password: <instance_id>)
– Basic authentication can be modified or disabled with command line
– Widgets available from the toolbar:

• Rotation
• GPS: to change/emulate the location of your device
• SMS & call emulation: set up sms / call interruption
• Android ID: you can change your virtual device’s Android ID/IMEI/MEID on the fly
• Battery: emulate various charge levels
• File upload
• Resolution: change the resolution of your device

– APK installation from file upload widget, drag & drop or adb
– OpenGApps installation from file upload, drag & drop or adb
– ADB can be enabled / disabled (disabled by default) and tunneled with ssh

Known issue

– Camera is not supported yet