After successfully upgrading Genymotion from 1.3 to 2.0, I have noticed Google Apps is not included in the emulator, which is noted in Genymotion’s changelog for 2.0.0 (November 13th, 2013).

Stupid moment. I was using a Google Apps version different for the Emulator! I downloaded gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip which has jb for Jelly Bean but the emulator I was using was 4.4.4. It was an endless cycle of “Setup Wizard” errors which I cannot get out of.

Headover to wikipedia’s Android version history reveals:

  • Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0–4.0.4)
  • Jelly Bean (4.1–4.3.1)
  • KitKat (4.4–4.4.4)
  • Lollipop (5.0)

The external links in http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps provides Google Apps downloads:

  • https://itvends.com/gapps/ (preferred)
  • http://goo.im/gapps (slow)
  • http://www.androidfilehost.com/gapps

Install Google Apps

  1. Download Google Apps KK for KitKat 4.4.4 emulator. https://itvends.com/gapps/gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip

  2. Drag the zip file to the emulator. Emulator extracts and ask if you want to install.

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    Note: File shown is for JB as I forgot to screenshot the kitkat one, but basically its the same dialog confirmation.

  3. Ask you to restart the virtual device. Not yet.

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  4. You’ll get lots of errors. Ignore and skip them.

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  5. Launch the Google Play Service. It will ask you to add a Google Account.

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  6. Shows “Signing in…”

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  7. Shows “Backup Services”

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  8. Yay! We’re in!

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  9. Still lots of errors

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  10. Let’s disable a few apps so they don’t get updated. Go to Settings > Apps > All. For example, lets disable Google+ by clicking “Force Stop” then “Disable”

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