Google Play Services location and geofencing APIs not working properly on Genymotion

Question

I've got two problems using the latest version (1.3.1) of the Genymotion emulator, related to the Google Play Services location APIs. More specifically:

1) The LocationClient only works (i.e. sends location events when I use the Genymotion GPS menu) when I request location updates with the PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY flag. The two other LocationRequest modes, PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY and PRIORITY_LOW_POWER don't work.

2) Geofencing, on the other hand, doesn't work at all. When I add geofences via LocationClient.addGeofences(), the LocationClient.OnAddGeofencesResultListener callback returns the GEOFENCE_NOT_AVAILABLE status code.

Is anyone else experiencing the same issues? And does anyone have a workaround? For now, I am only testing my app's location services using the PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY flag and geofencing on a real device.

Answer 1

I had the issue regarding geolocation a few days ago and contacted Genymotion about it. They said they do not currently support Geolocation features but may consider implementing them in the future.

I don't know the answer to your first question as I haven't had this problem.