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Android Android Tools Getting Started with Genymotion Creating a Genymotion Emulator

Dylan Merritt
Dylan Merritt
15,682 Points
Posted by Dylan Merritt
Dylan Merritt
15,682 Points

I can't get Genymotion to run my app.

I am using Android Studio, and I have the Genymotion plugin installed. When I click on the plugin, it opens the emulator without issue. However, when I attempt to run my app, the Genymotion emulator does not show up as an available option.

3 Answers

Jason Lysinger
Jason Lysinger
1,365 Points

You need to make sure that an instance of the Genymotion emulator is running at the time you start the application. It should then be listed under running emulators.

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

What I usually do is run genymotion first outside of Android studio (that's because you need to do some configurations in order to get genymotion running from android studio and I didn't want to do that.) So what you do is find genymotion in your programs and run it, you have to create a new emulator - device on genymotion, the same way you do in android studio. Then select it so it can open and then when you run your application in android studio you will see genymotion in "select running device". I hope this helps in some way.

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points
Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

I sometimes get this problem. To fix it, open up the DDMS Perspective and Reset the adb. This gif I put together shows you how to do this (If for any reason you can't access this, I have also provided step-by-step instructions below).

To do this, open the DDMS view (If you do not already have this available, use the Open Perspective button next to Java. Then, hit the dropdown arrow by Devices and then Reset ADB.

Let me know if this makes any difference for you or not. Hope it helps! :)