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How to connect to a Genymotion Desktop virtual device remotely with ADB?

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Windows / Linux

On Linux, this method will only work with VirtualBox Hypervisor.

  1. Set your virtual device Network mode to Bridged. See Configuring a Virtual Device
  2. Retrieve the virtual device IP address. It is displayed on top of the virtual device window:VD_IP.png

  3. From another computer, open a command prompt and run

    adb connect <virtual_device_IP>:5555

MacOS

VirtualBox hypervisor is not available on mac M series and the "Bridged Network" mode has not been implemented yet.

However, it is possible to forward TCP port using socat tool:

  1. Install socat:

    brew install socat

  2. Forward your host computer local port 6555 to 127.0.0.1:6555 :

    socat TCP-LISTEN:6555,bind=<your-host-computer-ip>,fork TCP:127.0.0.1:6555

  3. From another computer, connect adb with your host computer port 6555:

    adb <your-host-computer-ip>:6555

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