{"id":2948,"date":"2014-02-03T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2014-02-03T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T09:30:29","slug":"install-android-emulator-ubuntu-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/install-android-emulator-ubuntu-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Android x86 Emulator &#8216;Genymotion&#8217; in Ubuntu 14.04\/13.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/android-icons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/android-icons.jpg\" alt=\"android emulator ubuntu\" width=\"230\" height=\"232\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/android-icons.jpg 230w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/android-icons-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to emulate Nexus, Galaxy, or other Android Phone\/Tablet on Ubuntu Desktop? Well, you may already know the handy tool <b>Genymotion<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Genymotion is a complete set of tools that provides a virtual environment for Android. It can be very useful for developers, testers, salesman or even gamers. Genymotion is <b>free for personal use<\/b>. For full features, you need to buy a license.<\/p>\n<p><b>Features:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenGL acceleration to achieve the best 3D performance<\/li>\n<li>Enable full screen option and improve your experience<\/li>\n<li>Be precise in your UI development with the &#8220;pixel perfect&#8221; functionality<\/li>\n<li>Start multiple virtual device at the same time<\/li>\n<li>Override virtual device identifiers<\/li>\n<li>Directly command virtual devices sensors with Genymotion Shell<\/li>\n<li>Fully compatible with ADB. You can control your virtual device from the host<\/li>\n<li>Manage sensors: Battery level \/ status, GPS, Rotation, Camera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since 2.1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>supports copy\/paste from the host to the virtual device, or from the virtual device to the host using Android builtin copy\/paste feature.<\/li>\n<li>Android 4.4 support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Screenshots:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/create-device.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/create-device.png\" alt=\"Create a new virtual device\" width=\"580\" height=\"393\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/create-device.png 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/create-device-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/installed-device.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/installed-device.png\" alt=\"list of installed devices\" width=\"580\" height=\"290\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/installed-device.png 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/installed-device-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/emulate-device.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/emulate-device.png\" alt=\"Nexus 4 4.4.2 emulator\" width=\"300\" height=\"455\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/emulate-device.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/emulate-device-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Install Genymotion:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. This Android Emulator requires Virtualbox, so first search for and install <b>virtualbox<\/b> in Ubuntu Software Center.<\/p>\n<p>2. Register <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.genymotion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/cloud.genymotion.com\/<\/a> (free). <\/p>\n<p>3. Download the installer after your login the website. Not sure Linux 32 bits or 64 bits? Go to <i>System Settings -> Details<\/i> and you&#8217;ll see the OS type:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/System-type-32bit-64-bit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/System-type-32bit-64-bit.jpg\" alt=\"System-type-32bit-64-bit\" width=\"420\" height=\"220\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/System-type-32bit-64-bit.jpg 420w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/System-type-32bit-64-bit-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. If you save the installer in the default Downloads folder, press <u>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/u> to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">cd ~\/Downloads\/\n\nchmod +x genymotion-2.1.0_x64.bin\n\n.\/genymotion-2.1.0_x64.bin<\/pre>\n<p>It first navigate to Downloads folder, then give executable permission, and finally start the installer. Of course you need to change the file-name to yours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/install_genymotion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/install_genymotion.png\" alt=\"install genymotion android emulator\" width=\"580\" height=\"124\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/install_genymotion.png 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/install_genymotion-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. According to the previous picture genymotion has been installed to <b>&#8220;\/home\/handbook\/Downloads\/genymotion&#8221;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>So run below command to start it:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\"><b>\/home\/handbook\/Downloads\/genymotion\/<\/b>genymotion<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to emulate Nexus, Galaxy, or other Android Phone\/Tablet on Ubuntu Desktop? Well, you may already know the handy tool Genymotion. Genymotion is a complete set of tools that provides a virtual environment for Android. It can be very useful for developers, testers, salesman or even gamers. Genymotion is free for personal use. 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