Android emulator alternative

How to download, install, and setup genymotion in windows

My best android emulator alternative is genymotion android device. This is a very lightweight and powerful device working on mac os, Linux, and windows operating systems.

Features of genymotion

  1. Very lightweight for memory and performance
  2. Compatible with  all testing framework based on ADB
    Appium, Espresso, Robotium, etc
  3. No GPU is required to speed up emulator.
  4. Android 4.4 to the latest Android versions
  5. Live logs
  6. File Upload

Sensors:

  1. Battery
  2. Rotation
  3. Camera & Sound injection
  4. GPS
  5. Network and Baseband
  6. Disk IO throttling

Steps to setup genymotion

Step 1: Install genymotion using the above link. If you have windows then install without the                             VirtualBox edition
Step 2: After installing in windows you will get two shortcut icons on the desktop. click on Genymotion shortcut.