Android get GPU model

Question

When running the following command from termial:

adb shell dumpsys | grep GLES

The output is:

GLES: Qualcomm, Adreno (TM) 330, OpenGL ES 3.0 V@53.0 AU@ (CL@)

However I am unable to get the output when running programatically.

String GPUModel = "";
String command = "adb shell dumpsys | grep GLES";

try {

    InputStream inputStream = Runtime.getRuntime()
                                         .exec(command)
                                         .getInputStream();

    InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
    BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);

    GPUModel = bufferedReader.readLine();

} catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
}

GPUModel is null.

Remove `adb shell` from `command` – Emmanuel Apr 20 '15 at 16:42 — Emmanuel, Apr 20 '15 at 16:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '15 at 19:30

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You can't run the dumpsys command from your app. It'd require the DUMP permission which only system apps and apps signed with the same key as the system are granted.

answered Apr 20 '15 at 19:30

cygery

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '15 at 09:30

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You should use glGetString to get GPU type:

String renderer = GLES20.glGetString(GLES20.GL_RENDERER);

However, if you need to check for certain feature of GPU you better not to check GPU name but check if necessary GL extension is available instead. You can retrieve all of them by requesting GL_EXTENSIONS:

String extensions = GLES20.glGetString(GLES20.GL_EXTENSIONS);

answered Apr 21 '15 at 09:30

keaukraine

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`GLES20.glGetString(GLES20.GL_RENDERER);` --> it also returns empty string – Jyoti JK Mar 09 '18 at 03:58
returns an empty string – Yasiru Nayanajith Jan 14 '21 at 07:19

Android get GPU model

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