I installed Genymotion with a virtual Box and the Genymotion plugin (Android Studio), created a new device and runs properly, even from Android Studio.
However when I hit the Run button, the Genymotion device does not appear on the Device Chooser, it says 'Nothing to Show' under the 'Choose a running device' radio button. How can I get the Genymotion device to appear on the Device Chooser and run my app? Is it something I am missing from the SDK manager?
According to the StackShare community, Android Studio has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1265 company stacks & 4055 developers stacks; compared to Genymotion, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
The Genymotion startup time is around 5 seconds (compared to at least 30 seconds for the Android emulator). Genymotion also runs Robotium tests visibly faster, and with a smoother UI.
This happens because Genymotion is shipped with outdated Android tools. To solve follow the steps:
On Mac with a recent version of Studio that would be:
/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk/
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