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Managing Genymotion Devices

You can manage your Genymotion devices with the VBoxManage tool that is installed with VirtualBox.

The following is a list of useful command-line commands:

vboxmanage list avd

Lists all available virtual devices. The output from this command resembles the following:

Nexus 7 - 4.3 - API 18 - 1280x800" {144161dd-750e-4fff-8d46-0da8bc0c226b}
GalaxyNexus4.2.2-API17" {d740a4fa-df15-4768-aee1-ffebfb883dc1}

Each line is a pair of identifiers. The first identifier is the name you gave the device when you created it. The second identifier is the UID. You can use either identifier when passing devices as targets on the command line. The UID does not need the braces when you are using it on the command line.

vboxmanage list runningvms

Lists the virtual devices that are running.

You can perform the same function with the ADK command, $ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools/adb devices. The ADK command lists both Genymotion and ADK emulated devices.

The output from this command resembles the following:

emulator-5554   device
192.168.0.56:5555   device

ADK devices are prefixed with "emulator." Genymotion devices begin with the IP address. The next number is the port that the device is using.

player --vm-name <UID or name>

Navigate to the path where the device is installed, and use this command to start a virtual device. You can also start a device from the Genymotion interface.