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How to connect ADB remotely to a Genymotion Desktop local device?

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Windows (VirtualBox)

  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

Linux/MacOS (QEMU)

VirtualBox hypervisor is not recommended on Linux and macOS, and it is not available on mac M series.

However, it is possible to do the same by forwarding TCP port 6555 with the socat tool:

  1. On Linux, socat is already available on our recommended distributions. On macOS, you need to install it with brew:

    brew install socat

  2. Forward your host computer, where Genymotion is running, local port 6555 to its IP on your network :

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

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

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

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