Genymotion shell

Genymotion provides a shell that enables you to script the modification of sensor states.

Command line options

• -h: print help
• -r ip_address: connect to specific Genymotion virtual device
• -c "command": execute the given command in Genymotion Shell environment and return
• -f file: execute the content of the file. Each command per line

Available commands

• battery getmode
  Get the current battery mode of the selected virtual device. The mode can only be:
  • host: The virtual battery reflect the host battery (if exists)
  • manual: In this mode, you can set the level and status battery values
• battery setmode
  Set the battery mode. The mode can only be:
  • host: The virtual battery reflect the host battery (if exists)
  • manual: In this mode, you can set the level and status battery values
• battery getlevel
  Get the current battery amount of power. The value can only be between 0% and 100%.
  If the battery mode is "host", the returned value is the host value.
• battery setlevel
  Set the current battery amount of power. The value can only be between 0% and 100%.
  Set the battery level force the "manual" mode: if the last mode was "host", then it's turned to "manual"
• battery getstatus
  Get the current battery status. There are 4 possible status:
  • Discharging: The power supply is disconnected and the battery is discharging.
  • Charging: The power supply is connected and the battery is charging.
  • Full: The battery is full.
  • Unknown: Sometimes, the battery status cannot be established, it happens when there is no host battery.
• battery setstatus
  Set the current battery status. There are 4 possible status:
  • Discharging: The power supply is disconnected and the battery is discharging.
  • Charging: The power supply is connected and the battery is charging.
  • Full: The battery is full.
  • Unknown: Sometimes, the battery status cannot be established, it happens when there is no host battery.

• devices list
  List available Genymotion virtual devices and provides details like current states or IP address.
• devices ping
  Send a ping message to check if virtual device if responding
• devices refresh
  Refresh Genymotion virtual device list. Use it to keep the list up-to-date.
• devices select
  Select the Genymotion virtual device you want to interact with.
• devices show
  List available Genymotion virtual devices and provides details like current states or IP address
• devices factoryreset
  Factory reset virtual device (add keyword force at the end to avoid warning message about data loss)

• gps activate
  Activate the GPS sensor (if not already activated)
• gps desactivate
  Desactivate the GPS sensor (if activated)
• gps getlatitude
  Return current latitude (if GPS is activated AND already has a latitude) or 0
• gps setlatitude
  Set latitude (and activate GPS if not already activated)
• gps getlongitude
  Return current longitude (if GPS is activated AND already has a longitude) or 0
• gps setlongitude
  Set longitude (and activate GPS if not already activated)
• gps getaltitude
  Return current altitude (if GPS is activated AND already has a altitude) or 0
• gps setaltitude
  Set altitude (and activate GPS if not already activated)
• gps getaccuracy
  Return current accuracy in meters (if GPS is activated AND already has a accuracy) or 0
• gps setaccuracy
  Set accuracy (and activate GPS if not already activated)
• gps getorientation
  Return current orientation in degrees (if GPS is activated AND already has a orientation) or 0
• gps setorientation
  Set orientation (and activate GPS if not already activated)

• rotation setangle
  Set the rotation angle of the virtual device.

• genymotion capabilities
  Get Genymotion capabilities (gps, webcam, remote-control, ...) of selected virtual device.
• genymotion clearcache
  Clear temporary downloaded files and logs.
• genymotion version
  Get Genymotion version of selected virtual device.
• genymotion license
  Get Genymotion license (type, validity, ...).

• android version
  Get Android version of selected virtual device.
• android getandroidid
  Get Android ID of selected virtual device (available only with Indie or Business license).
• android setandroidid
  Set Android ID of selected virtual device (available only with Indie or Business license).
  Warning: if several users exist on the Android system, Android ID will only be set for the first user, not for all.
  Two kind of values are accepted:
  • random: generate a random Android ID.
  • custom value (must be 16 hexadecimal digits long).
• android getdeviceid
  Get Device ID (IMEI/MEID number) of selected virtual device (available only with Indie or Business license).
• android setdeviceid
  Set Device ID (IMEI/MEID number) of selected virtual device (available only with Indie or Business license).
  Three kind of values are accepted:
  • none: set an empty Device ID.
  • random: generate a random Device ID.
  • custom value (alphanumeric characters, point, dash, underscore).

• build number
  Get Genymotion Shell build number
• help
  Prompt the help.
• pause
  Pause execution (in number of seconds).
• version
  Get Genymotion Shell version.
• exit or quit
  Close Genymotion Shell.