But for the purpose of my evaluation, the free version worked fine for a beginner who wants to play around with virtualization. And, for the more advanced user, Getymotion has licensed versions especially for developing applications. What I found when I tried to run the Getymotion virtual machines straight from VirtualBox was the Android images would not start up.įor anyone interested in Geeking-out, Getymotion for personal use is free and very easy to install. Once Google Apps is installed and updated, you’re good to go, kinda! I got a few errors about Google+ and even had to restart Android, but as you can see, eventually I was able to log into Google Play. Once you have it download just drag it to the virtual device desktop and drop it. Note: The latest Google Apps package is 20130813 and supports 4.3, not 4.4. Here’s the link where I downloaded the zip file. And as I found, some versions of Android are not supported which is why I needed Jelly Bean. Since Genymotion does not include Google Play, I needed to download a zip file to install the app. Step 6 – Testing Internet on the Android Virtual Device. Once the start-up finished, I was given the standard Android lock screen and desktop. I was then given a starting virtual device screen that turned into a window with an Android logo. ![]() I then selected the 4.3 image and clicked the PLAY button. (Note: I had already downloaded another image) Step 6 – Start your Android virtual device. Low and behold all the images to chose from…įor this evaluation, I chose Android 4.3 Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7 device at 800×1280.Īfter a few minutes, the download finished and I clicked FINISH. I was then prompted for the log on and entered the same username and password I created earlier. Here’s what I saw, and then I clicked Yes to download a virtual device. Step 5 – Logging in and downloading images. Now comes the good part, starting up Genymotion for the first time. Next, I clicked YES to a couple installs for networking.Īfter VirtualBox installs, I was prompted for an upgrade. I was stepped through a few screens, I clicked YES at this scary WARNING screen. If you already have Virtualbox installed you will be given the prompt to re-install the version that comes with Genymotion.įor this demo, I am just letting Genymotion have its way and install 4.2.12 which is an older version. Genymotion will automatically download VirtualBox and prompt you to install it. Step 3 – Let Genymotion automatically install VirtualBox. Step 2 – I ran the Genymotion install file and chose the defaults. Step 1 – I created a Genymotion account at and downloaded the Windows version. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |