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Installing OpenGApps

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The application you are developing or testing may require an interaction with Google Play Services (e.g.: in-app purchasing, advertising, etc.).
If you really need them, you can use the packages provided by Open GApps. This section details how to install Open GApps from their website or using the command line.

WARNING

If you wish to install applications with native ARM code from Google Play Store, you have to install the ARM translation tool before the OpenGApps package (see Installing an Application - Applications with ARM code).

From the Open GApps website

You can install Open GApps directly from their website.

  1. Visit opengapps.org.
  2. Select platform x86_64.
  3. Select the Android version corresponding to your virtual device.
  4. Select variant nano or pico.
  5. Download the selected Open GApps package.
  6. Drag and drop the installer in the new Genymotion virtual device.
  7. Follow the installation instructions.

From the command line

You can install Open GApps using SSH or ADB. Both methods are detailed below.

SSH method

  1. Settup SSH. See Accessing a virtual device from command SSH

  2. Copy the archive using

    scp -i key.pem archive.zip [email protected]_ip:/sdcard/Download/archive.zip

  3. Log in with SSH

    ssh -i key.pem [email protected]_ip.

  4. Run su to switch to root user. For more information about root access, please refer to Using root access.

  5. Flash the archive using

    /system/bin/flash-archive.sh /sdcard/Download/archive.zip

  6. Reboot your instance.

ADB method

  1. Setup ADB. See Accessing a virtual device from ADB

  2. Copy the archive using

    adb push archive.zip /sdcard/Download/archive.zip

  3. Flash the archive using

    adb shell /system/bin/flash-archive.sh /sdcard/Download/archive.zip

  4. Reboot your instance using

    adb reboot

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