How to start Genymotion device with shell command?

Question

I need to start genymotion via shell command, does anyone know if it is possible to do this?

Answer 1

As of Genymotion 2.6.0 (Dec 2015), it appears they have moved the player executable to be player.app.

On OSX you can launch a desired VM like this:

# First, get a list of the VM's you have installed
VBoxManage list vms
# Returns something like "5.0.0 - API 21 - 768x1280" {091d022d-6a7b-4475-845f-7a6e06024fb6}

Copy the VM ID, e.g. 091d022d-6a7b-4475-845f-7a6e06024fb6, and then use it again like this:

# Launch a specific VM
open -a /Applications/Genymotion.app/Contents/MacOS/player.app --args --vm-name '091d022d-6a7b-4475-845f-7a6e06024fb6'