Genymotion PaaS Basic Usage

From the EC2 dashboard, select the instance you want to access. In the Details section at the bottom, copy the hostname or public IP and paste it to your web browser, or click open address :

You will get this warning because our certificate is self-signed:

Click Advanced and proceed to the address. Authenticate yourself:

By default, the username is genymotion and the password is the instance ID:

1. Start your instance.

2. Click on the instance name and copy the temporary Web UI password:

   

3. Get back to the main VM Instances page and click on the instance External IP:

   

4. You will have the following warning because our certificate is auto-signed:

   

   To remove this warning permanently, you must install a trusted certificate.

   Click on Advanced and Proceed to XX.XX.XX.XX (unsafe) to connect.

5. You will then have to authenticate yourself. Enter username genymotion and paste the Web UI password:

   

1. From the management console, in Instances, select the running instance you want to access.

2. In the IP address column, copy the Internet IP address and paste it to your web browser. A connection warning will pop up:

   

   To remove this warning permanently, you must install a trusted certificate.

   Click on Advanced and Proceed to XX.XX.XX.XX (unsafe) to connect. You will then have to authenticate yourself:

   

3. By default, the username is genymotion and the password is the Instance ID of the instance you can retrieve from column Instance ID/Name:

   

From the Virtual Machines section, select the virtual machine you want to access. In the Overview section, copy the public IP:

Paste the public IP in a new window. You will get the following warning because our certificate is self-signed:

Click on Advanced and Proceed to XX.XX.XX.XX (unsafe) to connect. You will then have to authenticate yourself:

The default username is genymotion and the default password is your virtual machine name.

1. In the Resolution section, select a preset resolution from the dropdown list, or fill the Width, Height and Density fields to set a custom resolution:

   

2. Click APPLY. You will be prompted to reboot the virtual device to apply the changes; this can take several seconds.

Android geometry (size and density) can be changed with the persist.graph_mode and persist.dpi properties. You can use adb or ssh and run the following commands:

Change resolution:

adb shell setprop persist.graph_mode {WidthxHeight-Depth}

ssh -i key.pem shell@{instance_public_IP} 'su -c "setprop persist.graph_mode {WidthxHeight-Depth}"'

Change density:

adb shell setprop persist.dpi {dpi}

ssh -i key.pem shell@{instance_public_IP} 'su -c "setprop persist.dpi {dpi}"'

Use the POST method and call the API /android/resolution to set the following variables:

• width: the display width. Default value is 800.
• height: the display height. Default value is 600.
• dpi: the display density. Default value is 260.

curl -u username:password -X 'POST' \
'https://34.244.25.10/api/v1/android/resolution' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"width": 800,
"height": 600,
"dpi": 260
}'

Please refer to Device HTTP API for more information.

1. In the Rounded corners section, fill the Padding, Bottom radius and Top radius fields with values. Values must be positive integers:

   

2. Click APPLY. You will be prompted to reboot the virtual device to apply the changes; this can take several seconds.

Use the PUT method and call the API /android/rounded-corners to set the following variables:

• padding: the display padding. Default value is 0.
• topRadius: the radius of top corners display. Default value is 0.
• bottomRadius: the radius of bottom corners display. Default value is 0.

curl -u username:password -X 'PUT' \
'https://34.244.25.10/api/v1/android/rounded-corners' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"padding": 125,
"topRadius": 100,
"bottomRadius": 0
}'

Please refer to Device HTTP API for more information.

1. Install and launch the application

2. Open the Configuration panel:

   

3. In the Kiosk box, you can kiosk and unkiosk the application by clicking the toggle button:

   

1. Connect to your virtual device with ADB or SSH
2. Start the application you want to lock in kiosk mode
3. Once the application is started, use the following commands to lock or unlock it:

Lock:

adb shell cmd activity kiosk start

ssh -i key.pem shell@{instance_public_IP} 'su -c "cmd activity kiosk start"'

Unlock:

adb shell cmd activity kiosk stop

ssh -i key.pem shell@{instance_public_IP} 'su -c "cmd activity kiosk stop"'

To lock an application, you can use the POST method and call the API /configuration/kiosk. To unlock it, use the DELETE method and call the API /configuration/kiosk.

For detailed instructions, please refer to Genymotion HTTP API