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Google Play Services on Genymotion emulator with Android 7

I have purchased Genymotion with the goal to have a simulation with Android 7.0 and Google Play.
Android 7.0 runs fine on Genymotion, but I am not able to install Google Play on it.
Google Play works fine for Android 6.0 and below - I was able to find the sources (Flashes) that must be installed additionally for using Google Play in Genymotion.
Does someone know how to install Google Play on an Android 7.0 Device with Genymotion?

Updated answer
Since Genymotion 2.10, you are able to install Google Play Services within ease without dealing with zip files. You now have a 1-click installer (called "Open GApps" widget).
Here are few notes to consider:
The 1-click installer is available for every device running Android 4.4 or more (whether new or already created), as long as Genymotion 2.10 is installed.
The Open GApps widget installs the smallest variant (i.e. pico) as it fits most development and testing needs.
That means you only get Google Play Store and Google Play Services and nothing else.
If you need access to further Google apps, you can either visit the Play Store and download them from there or you can install another variant of Open GApps from their website, as describe in my original answer.
How to use the widget and install Open GApps
Just open your Genymotion device.
You will see a gray Open GApps logo on the right bar, alongside with all the other settings:
When you click on that logo, Genymotion will start downloading Open GApps to your device:
Then, you will need to restart your device and you're all set:
Original answer
In order to install Google Play and use it on Genymotion, you will need to find a zip file of the pre-built Google Apps packages to onto the emulator.
As mentioned in the comments to your question, Genymotion's ROM is compiled to x86 to match the most popular computer's CPU architecture.
However, most of the pre-built Google Apps packages available are using ARM architecture, which is popular among phones.
Some of the comments mentioned the need for installing an ARM Translation which will let those ARM apps to run on the x86 virtual device, but it might be difficult to find the right translation file for Android Nougat and anyway that it not necessary at all.
You are able to go to the open GApps site and install the needed pre-built Google Apps packages that you desire.
Make sure to choose Platform: x86 and the proper Android version.
In order to install it on Genymotion just drag and drop the zip file into the emulator and you will be prompted with the following message which lets you know that the file can be flashed to the device:
Click OK and it will flash the file.
When the process is done you will be prompted with the following message:
All you need to do is to restart the device emulator and you will have Google Play on your Android Nougat emulator.
Enjoy.

Since Genymotion 2.10, Gapps can be installed automatically from within Genymotion!
Top right of the Genymotion emulator window, you will find a 'Gapps' button: click on it and Genymotion will do the rest: downloading the correct GApps bundle and install it in your Android image!
Once installed, just restart this emulator: the Gapps button now have a green check mark on it and the Open Gapps (Pico) bundle has been installed for the specific version of Android you are running :-)
Works for Android 4.4 onwards.
Read more at
https://www.genymotion.com/blog/2-10-open-gapps-widget/

UPDATED ANSWER
As #pascal pointing out (kudos to #pascal), since Genymotion 2.10 Google Play Service and Play Store can be automatically installed.
Here is the news from Genymotion 2.10 – Seamlessly install Google Play Services and Play Store:
Genymotion 2.10 is out! And it comes with a 1-click installer for Google Apps
Simply download and install Genymotion 2.10 and a new “Open GApps” widget will be available in your toolbar. Click it and it’ll do the rest!
Now you can have your applications relying on Google Play Services and Google Play Store working perfectly fine. No more fumbling around with random zip files and tutorials found there and there!
OLD ANSWER
Quoting myself from https://stackoverflow.com/a/40712778/4758255:
There is official FAQ for using Google Play in How do I install Google Play Services?, here the FAQ text:
For intellectual property reasons, Google Play Services are not
included by default in Genymotion virtual devices. However, if you
really need them, you can use the packages provided by OpenGapps.
Simply follow these steps:
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
Please note Genymobile Inc. and Genymotion assume no liability
whatsoever resulting from the download, install and use of Google Play
Services within your virtual devices. You are solely responsible for
the use and assume all liability related thereto. Moreover, we
disclaim any warranties of any kind for a particular purpose regarding
the compatibility of the OpenGapps packages with any version of
Genymotion.

How to install app in playstore without Google playstore in android emulator

I had installed AndroVM to use Android apps in computer. But when it comes to games like shadow fight even with OpenGL support enabled, AndroVM couldn't run many games such as Hill Climb racing, Gunship battle etc. Hence I tried Genymotion. When I installed Genymotion, it automatically detected AndroVM installed in Virtual Box. And I could only run Hill climb racing and rest of them didn't work. So I finally installed Android SDK and followed all instructions to add packages(Tools, extras and System Images). Even if I have installed Google play services and Google repository, I couldn't find Google playstore in the android emulator. Even this post suggests how to install Google playstore in emulator,it also have discussions about piracy and legal issues(in comments) and the apk's (GoogleLoginService.apk , GoogleServicesFramework.apk , Phonesky.apk) are not official packages. Hence
Can any one suggest how can I install apps inside emulator without using Google playstore, and
Why can't I find playstore even after I install Google play services and repository.
These are the packages I've installed (Sorry I don't have enough reputation to upload image). And I'm using Ubuntu 14.04

you can't directly install apps using what google provided to you to install playstore app in emulator.
there are some 'hack' (not really) for this, but even you follow the steps, you can't install paid app in emulator also,
I believe it is kind of difficulty made by google to prevent people to use pc to run android apps easily.
below is a detail steps how to install apps in emulator
http://blog.apkudo.com/2012/08/08/run-google-play-on-an-emulator-and-pretend-to-be-any-device/
another more up-to-date steps.
http://www.flinkd.org/2013/12/installing-google-play-on-the-android-emulator-api-18/
before all these, you should download the same version as your emulator of package from
http(s)://goo.im/gapps/
happy 'hacking'.

i have found the best emulator to be is bluestacks. It runs flawlessly in my less powered old laptop which has 2GB RAM. It is core2duo engine and has 10 years old graphics card. It does make lot of noice when i run bluestacks and gets heated. Bluestacks is the best emulator. All apps run easily in bluestacks. I have tried all emulators. None of them works in my machine except bluestacks. Youwave which is light weight app but asks for money.

Missing Google Play Services from AVD

I recently started developing for Android, and I have come into trouble when trying to use Google Maps in my app. I downloaded the Google Maps API v2 for Android, and have already performed all the required steps according to Google Developers Site.
My problem is that although the app runs, in the place where the maps should be displayed there is a texts saying that my device is missing Google Play Services.
I have already downloaded the Google Play Services from the SDK, imported the library into my project and also importing the .JAR file.
I am using Netbeans, not Eclipse, so many solutions I have found over the web aren`t useful for me. I hope you can help me with this.

Unfortunately, you can't use the emulator to run apps that use Google Play services. From http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html: "Google Play services is not supported on the Android emulator — to develop using the APIs, you need to provide a development device such as an Android phone or tablet."

From google's own site http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html
If you want to test your app on the emulator, expand the directory for
Android 4.2.2 (API 17) or a higher version, select Google APIs, and
install it. Then create a new AVD with Google APIs as the platform
target. Note: Only Android 4.2.2 and higher versions of the Google
APIs platform include Google Play services.

I had this same problem and found solution:
Here are the updated gms and vending files. Same instructions as before: Create a new emulator with any cpu/abi, a non google-api target (versions 10-17 work) and gpu emulation on or off, and then install the files:
adb install com.android.vending-20130716.apk
adb install com.google.android.gms-20130716.apk
If you are upgrading an existing emulator then you might need to uninstall previous versions by:
adb uninstall com.android.vending
adb uninstall com.google.android.gms

Bellow link contains a solution that works with Android 4.2.2 or higher
How to install Google Play Services in Android Emulator
1.1 Start your emulator. Disconnect any other Android device (such as your smartphone) from computer.
1.2 Download these two files
com.android.vending-19032013.apk : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7jfar2v1bzx6v59
com.google.android.gms-19032013.apk : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4o9fz413uavlblf
1.3 Open command console, go to \platform-tools
Install two files above with command
adb install \com.android.vending-19032013.apk
adb install \com.google.android.gms-19032013.apk

Yes, you can use Google maps on emulator. However, it's not officially supported, so takes some work. I had the best success following the info on this link.

I found this, i hope it helps you ;)
Installing Google Play on Android Emulator
Run Google Play Services in your emulator

If anyone is still experiencing this issue, first try to create your emulator with the Google API's as the platform target. After doing so, I noticed that my Google Play Services was not the correct version on the emulator.
While trying to hack together a solution, I stumbled upon the GoogleApiAvailability class here. Google did a phenomenal job handling compatibility issues.
GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) returns an integer status code, which can be fed directly into getErrorDialog(Activity, errorCode, requestCode) which returns a Dialog that works perfectly right out of the box. If your Play Services are out of date, the dialog will redirect you to an updater... If they are missing, it will redirect you to an installer, etc...
Thought I would share this great feature in case anyone is looking for a fix that would work in production code as well as testing.

Can you run Android Market from a virtual device?

Can you run the Android market app from a virtual device or in the emulator?

The market is only allowed to run on devices that google licenced it to.
You could use a application backup tool to get the apk from your phone and then try to install this apk on an emulator. This violates the copyright from google that means copying the market apk is likely to be illegal, and it does not work because the market uses a shared library that is not present on the emulator.

Yes, you can run it.

This link helped me:
http://blog.varunkumar.me/2010/11/how-to-install-android-market-in-google.html
EDIT: this could possibly be violating user licences.
Extra input required about licences

Not with AVD. But you can install android on a pc (http://www.android-x86.org/download) using vmware, virtualbox, .... Then can log in with your Google account and install apps from Play Store.

You can use Genymotion for this purpose as I explained here. You'll be able to use it as a normal device, installing apps from the store under your Google account.

If you want to know which apps are avaible on Android Market you can use AndroidPIT.

How to install Android Market App on the emulator?

I am not able to access android market through emulator.

I got Android Market to work on Emulator for Platform 2.3 using OS 10.6.6:
First download and setup emulator on your mac.
Launch emulator and create an AVD. I created one called vd1.
Close vd1.
Launch Terminal in Utilities and enable the Finder to show hidden system files and folders by executing following commands:
lsy$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
lsy$ killall Finder
Download system.img
http://www.mediafire.com/?s8eeph3r71ho1lz
Copy system.img to two locations:
[username]\.android\avd\[vd1]\
[username]\android\platforms\android-9\images\
Launch emulator from Terminal
lsy$ cd android\tools
lsy$ ./emulator -avd [vd1] -partition-size 100

Android Market is not available through the emulator for similar reasons it is not available through the developer phone. Allowing people to buy applications with an unlocked phone (or the emulator) would make it easier for those paid apps to be redistributed as freee apps.

Will's right. But also see this if it helps: http://forum.openhandsetdevelopers.com/running-android-market-on-emulator-no-download-issue-t82.html

Check out this link.
http://tech-droid.blogspot.com/2009/11/android-market-on-emulator.html
You get a full featured market on your emulator. I don't know if it's
legal(allowed by Google), but the image file, that this post mentions,
is a link to HTC's download page.
I am able to access all the market apps now, right from the emulator,
the paid ones, and the copy-protected ones also.
Cheers.
Dexter.

The emulator does not have the Android Market. The Android Market is only available for devices whose manufacturers have licensed the Android Market from Google.

Android Studio from version 2.3.2 has Google Play System Images.
You are able to create the simulator with the Play Store (old name: Android Market App).

You can use this test framework : android-test-billing to test the In-App billing on the emulator.
This library was used in the project Horer - horaires de RER.

I have did it in my 1.6 emulator it worked fine , Try this,
Download system.img from following link
http://www.4shared.com/get/x6pZm3-W/system.html
Go to avd folder. It will be in your c drive probably
( example C:\Documents and Settings\Vadivelan.android\avd\market.avd)
Paste the download file
Now launch the emulator
Market is ready
But am not sure it will work in 2.2 emulator, because the given system.img file is specific to 1.6. For 2.2 download the 2.2 system.img (but i doubt it works, as per my information it gives error)
Regards,
Vadivelan

just find the same app from a trusted website that allows you to download the .apk file to launch the app without using the play store. You wont be able to find all apps, but most of them should be relatively easy to find and download without using the play store.