- Genymotion proxy how to#
- Genymotion proxy install#
- Genymotion proxy update#
- Genymotion proxy manual#
Genymotion proxy install#
Since the “traditional” way of installing a user certificate doesn’t work anymore in Nougat and above, for me the easiest solution is to install the Burp CA to the system trusted certificates. Install Burp CA as a system-level trusted CA Note: I did all this with Burp Suite Pro on my Windows 10 machine and am using an Android 7.1 (API25) Genymotion VM, but the steps should be applicable to any setup. Slightly more work, but doesn’t require root privileges.
Modify the manifest and repackage the app.Also added benefit of not having to set a lockscreen PIN :) My recommendation for the easiest solution, but does require a rooted device. Install the Burp CA as a system-level CA on the device.There’s two ways to bypass this, and I’ll walk through them both. The failure happens “invisibly” and is responsible for all the alerts I saw in Burp Suite. Unless otherwise specified, apps will now only trust system level CAs. It’s no longer possible to just install the Burp CA from the sdcard to start intercepting app traffic. Starting with Nougat, Android changed the default behavior of trusting user installed certificates. Before I go any further, all the information I needed was found in these great write-ups: I followed the steps I always do but saw nothing but “connection reset” errors in Burp:Īfter a few frustrating hours of troubleshooting, I finally figured out the issue lied with the latest versions of Android (API >= 24). This particular app I wanted to test, however, required a minimum API level 24 (Android 7.0 - “Nougat”) and suddenly it wasn’t working. I run Burp Suite locally, install the User Cert as outlined in Portswigger’s documentation, configure a WiFi proxy and I’m off the races. I’ve done quite a bit of Android testing in the past and my setup usually involves a Genymotion VM or my old rooted Nexus Tablet. I burned a whole afternoon troubleshooting the issue, and decided to write up what I found out and two different ways I got it working. This last weekend I started testing a new Android app for fun, and ran into some trouble getting Burp Suite working properly. Install Burp CA as a system-level trusted CA.If you don’t have Genymotion running, you should check it out, it runs much faster than the default emulator. Ip: 10.0.3.2 (this is a special ip that Genymotion uses to connect back to the host).Now enter the proxy settings provided by your network administrator.
Genymotion proxy manual#
The Genymotion emulator has a different method of modifying the proxy setting: Here’s what the HTTP JSON response looks like in the proxy: So for that reason, if the server is running on the workstation, you would want to use 127.0.0.1 as the IP.Īs long as the server is reachable from your workstation, you can use that IP and it will go through the proxy. This is actually a bit counterintuitive, but the idea is that the address must be reachable from the workstation’s network, not from the emulator’s network. Configure your app to connect to 127.0.0.1:4984
Run an HTTP server on your workstation, on port 4984Īctually use any port you want, but in my case I’m connecting to a server that runs on port 4984.
Genymotion proxy update#
Essentially once you get to this screen, just update the ip to have the special 10.0.2.2 ip address which represents your workstation, and the port the proxy is listening on (port 8888).
Genymotion proxy how to#
There is a blog that describes how to get to this screen, I don’t have the link handy. Configure the Android Emulator to use that proxy If you need HTTPS, you might have to configure that, I don’t remember if it’s enabled by default. It should be listening on port 8888 and proxying everything. I’m using Charles Proxy and highly recommend it.Īs far as proxy configuration, the defaults should be fine. Here’s the overall diagram of what’s happening: If you need to debug the HTTP communication between a server and an Android app running in an emulator or device, here’s some instructions on how I went about doing it.