How to install Google Play Services in a Genymotion VM (with no drag and drop support)?

Asked 21/11, 2013 at 13:7 Answered 24/9, 2020 at 12:46

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VmHow can I install Google Play Services in a Genymotion emulator with no drag and drop support?

I can't install it as mentioned in Stack Overflow post How do you install Google frameworks (Play, Accounts, etc.) on a Genymotion virtual device? due to the lack of support for drag and drop installation.

Genymotion supports Google Apps for a few emulators, but it doesn't support tablet emulators.

Virendra answered 21/11, 2013 at 13:7 Comment(8)

Genymotion dropped GApps and ARM Support on all their VMs, not some. The guide you're linking to is how to get them back. If you can't Drag&Drop that means you don't have the Android SDK installed on your PC. If you have a problem regarding a specific answer, just comment next time instead of making a whole new question. – Brenn 22/11, 2013 at 21:9

Your comment about this topic is really helpful thanks. Next time I will just comment instead of making new question . – Virendra 25/11, 2013 at 9:28

in case you have issues with the drag and drop read this also: #20002638 – Tjader 20/12, 2013 at 16:59

see this link forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952 – Hydroscope 9/6, 2014 at 4:47

Please follow to the detailed instruction: inthecheesefactory.com/blog/… – Antonioantonius 18/12, 2015 at 9:41

Possible duplicate of How do you install Google frameworks (Play, Accounts, etc.) on a Genymotion virtual device? – Rugen 28/12, 2015 at 8:25

Best place to find play services for your device opengapps.org. Choose x86 for genymotion – Kanter 21/11, 2016 at 20:14

Official way is mentioned in the Genymotion FAQ: genymotion.com/help/desktop/faq/#google-play-services (See Mahesh N's post below.) – Mavilia 22/11, 2016 at 10:19

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As of Genymotion 2.10.0 and onwards, GApps can be installed from the emulator toolbar. Please refer to answer by @MichaelStoddart.

Next follows former answer kept here for historic reason:

Genymotion doesn't provide Google Apps. To install Google Apps:

Upgrade Genymotion and VirtualBox to the latest version.
Download two zip files:
- ARM Translation Installer v1.1
- Google Apps for your Android version: 2.3.7 - 4.4.4 or 4.4 - 6.0 (with platform and variant) You can also find the GApps list in the wbroek user GitHubGist page.
Open Genymotion emulator and go to home screen then drag and drop the first file Genymotion-ARM-Translation_v1.1.zip over the emulator. A dialog will appear and show as file transfer in progress, then another dialog will appear and ask that do you want to flash it on the emulator. Click OK and reboot the device by running adb reboot from your terminal or command prompt.
Drag and drop the second file gapps-*-signed.zip and repeat the same steps as above. Run adb reboot again and, once rebooted, Google Apps will be in the emulator.
At this point 'Google Apps Services' will crash frequently with the following message google play services has stopped working. Open Google Play. After providing your account details, open Google Play and update your installed Google Apps. This seems to make Google Play realize you have an old Google Play Services and will ask you to update (in my case, updating Google Hangouts required a new version of Google Play Services). I've also heard that simply waiting will also prompt you to update. The 'Google Play Services' app doesn't seem to appear otherwise - you can't search for it. You should then see an offer to update Google Play Services. Once the new Google Play Services is installed you will now have stable, working access to Google Play

Virendra answered 22/11, 2013 at 4:58 Comment(49)

Thank! Btw, drap & drop worked from anywhere for me on ubuntu – Disinterest 11/12, 2013 at 11:41

Which version of ubuntu you are using ? – Virendra 12/12, 2013 at 4:49

I am Using ubuntu 13.04 32 bit but in my experience drag and drop supports only from the desktop . – Virendra 13/12, 2013 at 4:52

The "Galaxy Nexus-4.2.2 with google apps-Api 17 -720x1280" does not include the Google Play service. – Dominicadominical 12/2, 2014 at 12:46

@Virendra Thank you for the elucidation though the drag and drop solution does not work for me. Per your tip, I installed two emulators supporting Google Apps: 1. Nexus 7 - 4.2.2 - with Google Apps - API17; 2. WXGA 10.1 Tablet - 4.2.2 - with Google Apps - API17. Google Play service works fine on both emulators. – Zendah 10/3, 2014 at 3:3

It says "Oppss! Something went wrong while grabbing gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip" why could it be? – Atrabilious 5/5, 2014 at 22:9

Please check the genymotion's android version and drag and drop the correct zip file. – Virendra 5/6, 2014 at 7:52

How does one do adb reboot? – Subcutaneous 19/6, 2014 at 15:22

@Virendra I did this and it worked perfectly. But were you able to register your device? Everything, except for Google+ works perfectly, but when I go to play.google.com/settings, there are no devices showing :( How do I get it to register? :( – Subcutaneous 19/6, 2014 at 21:5

@PeterRaeves Use the following command adb connect 192.168.56.101 followed by adb -e reboot. -e is important such that, to tell adb channel reboot command to connected virtual device. – Aorta 29/6, 2014 at 8:10

Drag and drop isn't working for me. "Invalid filename". See print: s8.postimg.org/9uuab4c8l/… – Pichardo 19/8, 2014 at 7:36

followed instructions, but GPS keeps on crashing even after update, and its services are practically unusable. – Vicentevicepresident 20/8, 2014 at 6:12

In order to update Google Play, you can open Google Play, go to Settings and click on the Build Version. – Fallacy 28/8, 2014 at 13:30

If you want to update Google Play services, in the browser on the phone, search for "Google Play Services" and the first result should be a link to the Google Play Services on the play store. You can update it there. – Cretic 17/9, 2014 at 22:9

Thanks @Wilf, gapps-kk-signed.zip don't install Play Store indeed, but gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip does – Hannahannah 8/10, 2014 at 12:55

I experimented with several GM images (Android 4.4, 4.2, 2.3) and gapps without success, but finally this worked for me: "Google Galaxy Nexus - 4.2.2 - API 17 - 720x1280" and gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip. After the second reboot google install wizard started on powerup, no services crashes or whatsoever, entered google login/password in wizard and apps started upgrading immediately. Genymotion 2.3.0, Virtualbox 4.3.14 on ArchLinux x86_64 – Hannahannah 8/10, 2014 at 15:21

I successfully installed "Google Play Services" on Android 4.3 and 4.1.1. But I can't figure out how to correctly install Android 2.3 series. In my case, I downloaded the package gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip and create the virtual device Samsung Galaxy Note-2.3.7-API 10-800x1280 and cannot find Google Play app after the installation... Any help? – Olympian 13/10, 2014 at 11:34

@RalphZhouYuan I use gingerdx.googlecode.com/files/gapps-gb-20130120-signed.zip successfully with "Google Nexus S - 2.3" virtual device. But you DON'T needs to install "ARM Translation Installer v1.1". – Jaye 29/11, 2014 at 17:14

When I drag n drop this zip files, I've got alert "file successfully copied to...", nothing about flashing. Google Nexus 9 emulator, android 5.0.0 – Chappell 16/2, 2015 at 14:29

For those having difficulty mapping the CyanogenMod versions to the Android OS versions, it's indicated by two of the letters in the filename, e.g. the "kk" in gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip indicates it's KitKat, lp -> Lollipop, jb -> Jellybean, etc.. – Mattress 26/3, 2015 at 18:58

I needed to switch to 'use custom Android SDK tools' under Genymotion settings to be able to use adb in command line – Talithatalk 6/4, 2015 at 21:7

Google Apps for Android 5.1 – Hydrargyrum 10/4, 2015 at 12:46

I dragged and dropped Genymotion-ARM-Translation_v1.1.zip, but it just showed successfully transfer and no message to confirm flashing. What's wrong with this? – Wolsky 7/6, 2015 at 13:51

Chenghua, Just check if the ZIP file is valid archive? May be the file is not correctly downloaded and you may need to re-download. – Hobbledehoy 15/6, 2015 at 13:45

Like Chenghua saig, after drag&dropping nothing happens, the zip just sits in /sdcard/Downloads/ on Genymotion 2.5.0. – Naturalism 20/6, 2015 at 22:51

For some reason adb reboot takes forever to restart the VM for me, I usually just kill and restart through Genymotion – Amnesia 14/7, 2015 at 15:19

@Virendra I have nexus 7 2013 5.1.1 image and GApps and store installed fine with Gaps 5.1 version but every time i start it it shows Apps updating dialog , what must be wrong ? – Hutchings 8/8, 2015 at 10:49

@Virendra what i can do after the drag and drop both two file in Genymotion Devices? – Monopoly 13/8, 2015 at 4:57

To update Google Play Services, just try to update Google Play Games then it will ask you to update Google Play Services directly through the store. Then you need to reboot one more time, we're gonna celebrate ! Oh yeah, all right B-) – Auriculate 31/8, 2015 at 23:9

Maybe it's the new version on GenyMotion, but It keeps crashing when I try to sign in with my Google Account to the Play Store on 5.0+. I've tried about at least 4 different gapps already and same result. – Chewy 15/9, 2015 at 7:59

I've followed the steps and managed to install Google Play successfully, however Chrome wouldn't start it just crashes giving me only a pop up where I can send a report or click ok. Has anyone encountered a similar situation? I've tried to uninstall chrome and install it again but without any luck. – Tachymetry 29/9, 2015 at 11:30

For me the device just gets stuck in a loop starting up, does 'optimising apps', then resets. – Gillam 11/10, 2015 at 21:40

Thanks it worked. but now I am getting player.exe has stopped working.please help – Chufa 25/10, 2015 at 12:9

I had it working without the adb reboots, just had to restart device once after i finished with the file transfers. – Lamdin 9/11, 2015 at 9:40

If the phone doesn't give you any response when dragging the *.signed file. Pay attention to the comment of @MichalGallovic. Go to that gist and download the correct archive. – Excrescence 21/12, 2015 at 14:27

Good Answer :) But google + irritates a lot by showing error "GOOGLE PLUS HAS STOPPED". I updated and ready to use with error resolved. I did for nexus 5 emulator – Islamism 12/1, 2016 at 9:47

Still works, it's super annoying but don't worry. This method works. – Consideration 24/1, 2016 at 19:13

replace filetrip.net link with some link from "mirros" - filetrip.net sucks – Kuban 29/1, 2016 at 22:36

Does anyone know of a mirror that appears more likely to install the legit "ARM Translation Installer v1.1" than some malware? I'd rather not touch filtrip.netbutseemsmorelikemalware with a ten foot pole. – Wouldbe 28/3, 2016 at 18:31

Most of these mirrors also appear compromised by varying maliciousnesses of malware: mirrorcreator.com/files/0ZIO8PME/… UPDATE: There's an attached file at the bottom of this post that appears more legit than most: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952 – Wouldbe 28/3, 2016 at 18:34

Play service for For version 6.0.0 :- blog.ostebaronen.dk/2016/04/… – Maryettamaryjane 28/4, 2016 at 7:1

@PeterRaeves instead of adb reboot do "C:\Program Files\Genymobile\Genymotion\tools\adb" reboot – Frowsty 29/4, 2016 at 20:57

Do I have to choose the gapps platform depending on my pc or does 'platform' refer to the android device I'm running? – Fighterbomber 17/5, 2016 at 9:21

For Nexus 6P I had luck with the instructions linked by @HitCat. Here's another reputable looking resource: z3ntu.github.io/2015/12/10/play-services-with-genymotion.html – Stipulation 1/8, 2016 at 7:37

Use adb reboot shell instead. – Screwed 12/12, 2016 at 6:50

ARM Translation Installer v1.1 link is dead – Becka 9/1, 2017 at 22:45

ARM Translation is no longer required when using OpenGApps. – Disintegration 3/2, 2017 at 14:12

ARM Translation available under this link: dropbox.com/s/tdye2pobix70gqw/… – Slaughterhouse 5/1, 2018 at 17:49

For me, this gapps I got from here working fine rather than the official website gist.github.com/wbroek/9321145 – Lovash 17/3, 2019 at 10:15

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The latest version of Genymotion (2.10.0 onwards) now allows you to install GApps from the emulator toolbar:

Click the GApps button the toolbar

Accept the Terms and Conditions

Your download of google apps will then begin

Once the download is complete simply restart the virtual device!

Statist answered 2/8, 2017 at 8:52 Comment(11)

This should be voted to the top.In addition to following this step, it is also recommended to install Google Maps. – Hadji 6/8, 2017 at 18:25

I just get "failed to download" and it stops. Tried many times. The virtual device has working network connection though because I can open the android webview browser app and do a search on google. I used the Genymotion Android 7.0 default phone device, on the first page of the list of virtual devices. – Hemorrhoidectomy 28/8, 2017 at 4:34

this worked for me this should be the answer. it always good to scroll down to check other answers – Consanguinity 20/10, 2017 at 16:45

Does not work for API 16. Returning a dialog with the following: "Open GApps are not available for Android 4.1.1." – Slaughterhouse 5/1, 2018 at 17:34

this should be the accepted answer right now!. none of the other methods worked for me... Thanks Open GApps team!! – Woundwort 5/4, 2018 at 6:31

Aargh! This should be on the top. Wasted so much time following the old methods. – Neighbor 13/4, 2018 at 9:16

@Hemorrhoidectomy I got the same error. After about an hour of troubleshooting, I realized there was a new version of genymotion to download. New version's only release notes was a "Fix for Open GApps widget download error" (facepalm). This solution works fine now. Hope that helps! – Pee 17/6, 2018 at 15:19

how to open GApps from the emulator toolbar: ? – Cestar 14/9, 2018 at 13:40

Worked for us on Ubuntu 18.04 – Newly 1/10, 2018 at 13:31

For those looking for the "Emulator Toolbar", for me, on the Android simulator there is a black sidebar on the right side that has an "Open GApps" button at the top. Hope this helps! – Innkeeper 2/8, 2019 at 13:43

@Cestar don't know if you managed to solve this but the GApps icon looks like the picture displayed in the beginning of this post. It's located at the top right corner. – Whew 30/1, 2020 at 3:59

You could do this simply by:

Download the ARM Translation Installer v1.1(ARMTI)
Download the Google Apps for your Android version 4.4, 4.3, 4.2, or 4.1 for instance
Drag and drop the ARMTI to the HomeScreen of your emulator, and confirm all
Reboot your emulator
Drag & Drop the correct Google App version to your HomeScreen
Reboot your emulator
JOB DONE.

NOTE: you can find the right GApp version here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952

Unripe answered 3/5, 2014 at 20:25 Comment(2)

I got only gmail and hangout app in my genymotion. – Moor 4/2, 2015 at 12:10

Play service for version 6.0.0:- blog.ostebaronen.dk/2016/04/… – Maryettamaryjane 28/4, 2016 at 7:2

I tried almost all of the above options, but was not able to install google play services, however just found from the faq section of genymotion that the only way to access google play services is to use the packages provided by OpenGapps.

I tried and this worked:

Visit opengapps.org
Select x86 as platform
Choose the Android version corresponding to your virtual device
Select nano as variant
Download the zip file
Drag & Drop the zip installer in new Genymotion virtual device (2.7.2 and above only)
Follow the pop-up instructions

Allembracing answered 16/10, 2016 at 2:15 Comment(5)

This works, and is now the official recommended way according to Genymotion - see comment here gist.github.com/wbroek/9321145#gistcomment-1894019 for example. I got this working on a Nexus 5 image running API23 using the x86 nano package – Belamy 3/1, 2017 at 19:24

THIS is the one and only correct and solid solution to this nonsense! "ARM Translation Installer" is NOT needed. Please up vote this answer to top. – Quach 10/1, 2017 at 19:25

After wasting hours following now outdated suggestions for changing Geny to ARM, this solution appears to be working. Tested on 5.0. Just be sure the gapps version number matches the Geny Android version. – Massie 25/1, 2017 at 19:18

I had to use an older version (open_gapps-x86-6.0-nano-20170103.zip). The current OpenGApps (open_gapps-x86-6.0-nano-20170205.zip) would hang when flashing. – Calamity 7/2, 2017 at 0:21

Thumbs Up bro! Perfect – Ascending 18/7, 2017 at 7:21

For Android 6.0 at least, the ARM Translation thing is apparently unnecessary.

Just grab an x86 + Android 6.0 package (nano is fine) from OpenGApps and install by dragging-and-dropping and telling it to flash.

It seems the ARM translation thing was previously required, before the x86 package was available. You might still need the ARM translation if you want to install ARM-only apps though.

Tier answered 11/4, 2016 at 23:48 Comment(2)

After 10 years of searching... this finally worked!!!! Using android 6.0.0(API 23). Before this I was using endless variations similar to the accepted answer with 800+ votes up. Before this opening the Play Store was stuck on loading. Versions used - Ubuntu 14.04, virtualbox 4.3.36, genymotion 2.8.0 Genymotion emulator - "Google Nexus 6, 6.0.0 API 23" – Folk 13/11, 2016 at 22:15

Thanks anon. Works perfectly on Mac GM 2.8.0 Android 6.0 – Prehensible 29/11, 2016 at 12:39

For Genymotion "Lollipop Preview - Nexus 5" virtual device

Same steps mentioned in @KingyBobo and @anp8850 answers, but:
Download the correct GApps for Android 5.0: Google Apps for Android 5.0 (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001614559 - gapps-lp-20141109-signed.zip)

More GApps here

Note that Google+ shows lot of errors before updated.

Jaye answered 25/11, 2014 at 19:7 Comment(0)

Now Gapps provide way to install gapps package thorough apk.

Download APK and installation instruction from below link:

http://opengapps.org/app/

You can download current APK from below link:

Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.opengapps.app

Current version Website Link (7/22/2017): http://opengapps.org/app/opengapps-app-v16.apk

Quezada answered 15/2, 2017 at 13:40 Comment(3)

Wow, this seems a lot more easier than other options. Thanks – Lugo 6/5, 2017 at 11:58

this answer is very out of date and the link is broken – Retool 23/5, 2017 at 7:7

Yes, play store link is broken. It may removed by gapps developer. You can download gapps apk from direct apk link also. – Quezada 23/5, 2017 at 7:19

As of verison 2.10, Genymotion can be installed using the toolbar in your emulator. Simply look for the Open GAPPS button.

Sheryllshetland answered 23/2, 2019 at 2:27 Comment(0)

With adb, you can install GApps and ARM Support zips without a drag & drop. emuking from XDA Developers has instructions for it:

I used 4.2.2, which is acceptable for my testing purposes. I then extracted both zip's "/system/..." folders to a folder on my desktop. In cmd prompt I used the following commands (step 1 is optional and for verification that adb is working):

adb devices
adb remount
adb push "C:\Users\John\Desktop\GenyF_cked\system" /system

You'll have to change the folder name in "adb push" line to where you actually extracted both zip files. After doing it, I recommend you to "adb reboot" the device.

Nazler answered 28/9, 2014 at 3:30 Comment(1)

Having tried this, I get error signing in when I try to run setup and signin with my google id. In logcat it prints java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/android/gms/org/conscrypt/NativeCrypto. What I did was: mkdir system unzip -d system/ open_gapps-x86-4.4-nano-20151224.zip adb push system /system Would appreciate any help. – Actress 29/12, 2015 at 7:20

Download ARM Translation v1.1 and flash it by dragging and dropping over the emulator. Then reboot the emulator.
Go to Open GApps, select x86 architecture, Android version of your emulator and variant (nano is enough, other applications can be installed from Play Store) and download zip archive. Drag and drop this archive to the emulator and flash it. Reboot the emulator.

Rugen answered 28/12, 2015 at 8:37 Comment(5)

I think that this method is no longer working - it's impossible to flash newest GApps packages (at least for now). More info here: github.com/opengapps/opengapps/issues/135 – Adina 9/2, 2016 at 21:25

this solution work for my Android 6.0.0 version. Using the nano, make it succeed for me, I try stock and even pico, nothing works. Thank you – Angelinaangeline 7/4, 2016 at 8:28

Genymotion 2.7.2 over Windows 10 + Open GApps x86-5.1-nano + Emulator for Nexus 9 Android 5.1.0 API 22 ...... Are now WORKING!!! – Conakry 15/7, 2016 at 12:4

plus 1 for including the x86 architecture tip – Damon 16/11, 2016 at 22:27

the x86_64 did not work for me but x86 did even though I have a 64 bit cpu, does anyone know why? – Cleanthes 1/2, 2017 at 10:38

Drag and Drop did not work on my system...

I found a blogpost which describes how you install it with adb:

adb push Genymotion-ARM-Translation_v1.1.zip /sdcard/Download/Genymotion-ARM-Translation_v1.1.zip

adb push gapps-jb-yyyymmdd-signed.zip /sdcard/Download/gapps.zip

adb shell flash-archive.sh /sdcard/Download/Genymotion-ARM-Translation_v1.1.zip

adb reboot

adb shell flash-archive.sh /sdcard/Download/gapps.zip

adb reboot

Borneol answered 11/3, 2016 at 12:52 Comment(0)

3 steps to download the Google Play services Using Genymotion emulator

1. click the right bottom arrow in the toolbar

2. Downloading Bar

3. Needs to restart

Tungting answered 24/9, 2020 at 12:46 Comment(0)

There is an Open GAPPS button in the top right corner of the genymotion. Click on it you can directly install Gapps from genymotion.

Mudstone answered 9/9, 2019 at 11:9 Comment(0)

For Genymotion 2.12.2 you can find GApps added in all their virtual devices. Run any virtual device by Genymotion and then you can find on the top right corner which says Open GApps. Press it and it will automatically install GApps.

!(https://i.stack.imgur.com/WGPHa.jpg)

Lagomorph answered 28/10, 2018 at 12:34 Comment(0)

Following the steps in the accepted answer didn't work for me. I followed the steps in this guide with an image running 5.0.0, and it got the job done. It's a step-wise process just like the accepted answer for adding Google Play support to genymotion images.

The most important differences are that in the guide I linked to, they mention that installing Google Play Services on images running higher than 5.0.0 may not work, and they say to change the ADB tool connection settings in the Genymotion desktop application's settings window to: Use custom Android SDK tools. Also, the gapps zips seem to be different.

The guide also uses GIFs to illustrate the steps in the process, so it leaves much less room for doubt.

Link to gapps zip for Android 5.0 used in the guide -- requires Genymotion 2.4.0+

Link to ARM Translation Installer v1.1 used in the guide -- this is provided for convenience. it doesn't seem any different than the one provided in the accepted answer at first glance

Borgerhout answered 21/5, 2016 at 17:55 Comment(0)

Download the latest version of genymotion and after creating a device click on Open GAPP in device right side.

That work for me

Actable answered 22/10, 2018 at 4:49 Comment(0)

Tried to download Gapps app and install it on Genymotion, but realized that its already included within the emulator itself

https://www.genymotion.com/blog/2-10-open-gapps-widget/

Sidewalk answered 3/12, 2018 at 22:50 Comment(0)

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