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Overview

Genymotion is an Android emulator which comprises a complete set of sensors and features in order to interact with a virtual Android environment. With Genymotion, you can test your Android applications on a wide range of virtual devices for development, test and demonstration purposes.
Genymotion is fast, simple to install and powerful thanks to user-friendly sensor widgets and interaction features. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems.
This user guide will take you through Genymotion download and installation steps and will help you get familiar with the interface so that you can make full use of Genymotion resources and have a fully operational application.
In this user guide, the following instructional icons are used:
Notes, tips or additional information.
Situations that could cause performance issues or data losses.
Follow the simple installation process, start one of the Android virtual devices and enjoy playing with your application!



Hardware

Genymotion implies that you have the following hardware on your computer:
OpenGL 2.0 capable video card, with an up-to-date driver;
VT-x or AMD-V capable CPU, enabled in BIOS settings;
RAM memory: at least 2GB;
Screen resolution greater than 1024 x 768 pixels;
Free space on hard disk: at least 100MB.
A minimum of 2GB of free space is required to deploy a virtual device. You might need more than 8GB depending on your use of the virtual devices and the applications you have installed.
Software

To run Genymotion virtual devices, you must install Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.1 or above. However, for performance reasons, we recommend using version 4.3.12.



Web browser


For installation, updates and services provided by the Genymotion website, one of the following web browsers is required:
Internet Explorer: version 10 or above;
Mozilla Firefox: version 3.0 or above;
Google Chrome: version 2.0 or above;
Safari: version 4.0 or above.





Installing Genymotion

Genymotion operation relies on the use of Oracle VM VirtualBox in the background. This enables virtualizing Android operating systems. If you do not already have Oracle VM VirtualBox installed on your computer, you will be asked to do so prior to installing Genymotion.
If you already have Oracle VM VirtualBox installed, note that versions below 4.1.1 are not compatible with Genymotion. For performance reasons, we recommend using version 4.3.12.
To install Genymotion on your computer, follow the steps corresponding to your operating system.



download Genymotion for Windows:
From this page, you can:
download the ready-to-run Genymotion installer for Windows (recommended).
This package includes Oracle VM VirtualBox installer.
download the Windows 32/64-bit package.
In this case, you must first download and install VirtualBox for Windows hosts from the Download VirtualBox page.
When installing VirtualBox, in the Custom setup window, make sure VirtualBox Networking is enabled.
Save and run the .exe file.
Select the setup language and click OK.
By default, the Genymotion language corresponds to your system language.
The Genymotion setup wizard opens.
Click Next.
Select the destination folder by clicking Browse.
The default destination folder is C:Program FilesGenymobileGenymotion.
Click Next.
Select the start menu folder by clicking Browse or check Don't create a Start menu folder and click Next.
Select whether or not to create a desktop icon and click Next.
Click Install and Finish.
Genymotion installer may not run properly on Windows Vista. If so:
1. Click Start > Run.
2. Enter cmd.exe and click OK.
3. In the command prompt, start Genymotion installer package by entering its full path: %USERPROFILE%Downloads.