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Give fake location to Genymotion emulator

Is there a way to give my Genymotion android emulator a fake location, like USA for example, so I can test mobile ads and some other stuff?

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Borislav Avatar asked Jun 08 '15 12:06

Borislav


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2 Answers

You can change the GPS location and can set Latitude and Longitude according to your need, check below Screen Shots:

On the right hand side corner in you Genymotion Emulator you can see the GPS option, enter image description here

When you click this option you will get one dialog as below: enter image description here

Here you can change Latitude and Longitude. Hope it help..

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Android Team Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 18:10

Android Team


When using Genymotion free (personal) edition, you lost the position you gave when closing the genymotion.

To provide programming comfort to yourself, an app might be use that provide a fake location for android. There are a lot of apps at Google Play.

I use this one.

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efkan Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 19:10

efkan