Genemotion is Cool fast virtual Android device running in a Virtual Box, with lots of features.
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https://www.genymotion.com/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#!/developers/user-guide
Interacting with virtual devices
This section describes features that help you easily interact with your virtual devices.
Multi-touch simulation
Because in most cases, virtual devices are controlled with mouse and keyboard, some shortcuts have been implemented to help simulate common gestures:
- Zoom in: right click + move mouse to the left
- Zoom out: right click + move mouse to the right
- Tilt forth: right click + move mouse up
- Tilt back: right click + move mouse down
- Clockwise rotation: Shift + right click + move mouse to the right
- Counterclockwise rotation: Shift + right click + move mouse to the left
If you use Mac OS X, replace right click with ctrl + click.
Drag and drop
To drag and drop files from your computer to the virtual device, ADB must be installed. To configure ADB, please refer to section
ADB. The behavior of dragged and dropped files is different according to the file type:
Copy and paste
The clipboard is shared between your computer and Genymotion. Thus, you can easily copy and paste text from your computer to Genymotion, and vice versa.
Increase/Decrease volume
You can control the volume of the sound emitted by your virtual device:
- Click
to increase the volume.
- Click
to decrease the volume.
Rotate screen
You can rotate the screen of your virtual device by clicking
.
Depending on the Android version and the density of your virtual device, the Rotate screen feature may not be available. If you are using an Android version 4.2 or above, make also sure that the Rotate screen feature is not locked in the right-hand bar. Rotation might also be locked in portrait or landscape mode by the current running application. In this case, it is not possible to change it via the Rotate screen button or via the rotation setangle command in Genymotion Shell.
Pixel Perfect
With Pixel Perfect, you can be highly precise in the development of your user interface and ensure every pixel of your application really looks as it should. One pixel of the virtual device is displayed using one pixel of your computer screen.
This feature is only available with Indie and Business licenses.
Click
once to activate Pixel Perfect. Click twice to deactivate it.
If the virtual device screen size is larger than your computer screen size, the virtual device window will be maximized and you will be able to use scrollbars to move inside the screen.
Navigation buttons
Display tips
When navigating within a virtual device, you can at any time change its display:
once to go back to the previous page. Click twice to exit the application.
to display the recently used applications.
to display the actions you can perform within an application.
to display the home page at any time.
to shut down the current virtual device.