Android OpenGL apps stop working after being loaded in emulator

Question

My apps with OpenGL all don't work with "name has stopped working". This happens even with Android Sample Projects (BasicGLSurfaceView). When I load the projects into Cclipse and run them, they dont work, but if I run the emulator and select it through API Demos it works perfectly. Running newest Eclipse and API 14.0. This also happens with my apps which appear flawless

This is from BasicGLSurfaceView that was simply loaded into Eclipse and run

Logcat at crash-----------------

11-19 21:35:52.887: E/AndroidRuntime(556): FATAL EXCEPTION: GLThread 75
11-19 21:35:52.887: E/AndroidRuntime(556): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No configs match configSpec
11-19 21:35:52.887: E/AndroidRuntime(556):  at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$BaseConfigChooser.chooseConfig(GLSurfaceView.java:825)
11-19 21:35:52.887: E/AndroidRuntime(556):  at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$EglHelper.start(GLSurfaceView.java:981)
11-19 21:35:52.887: E/AndroidRuntime(556):  at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.guardedRun(GLSurfaceView.java:1335)
11-19 21:35:52.887: E/AndroidRuntime(556):  at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.run(GLSurfaceView.java:1189)

Console------------------------------

[2011-11-19 21:34:40 - BasicGLSurfaceView] New emulator found: emulator-5554
[2011-11-19 21:34:40 - BasicGLSurfaceView] Waiting for HOME('android.process.acore')   to be launched...
[2011-11-19 21:35:16 - BasicGLSurfaceView] WARNING: Application does not specify an API level requirement!
[2011-11-19 21:35:16 - BasicGLSurfaceView] Device API version is 14 (Android 4.0.1)
[2011-11-19 21:35:16 - BasicGLSurfaceView] HOME is up on device 'emulator-5554'
[2011-11-19 21:35:16 - BasicGLSurfaceView] Uploading BasicGLSurfaceView.apk onto device 'emulator-5554'
[2011-11-19 21:35:16 - BasicGLSurfaceView] Installing BasicGLSurfaceView.apk...
[2011-11-19 21:35:49 - BasicGLSurfaceView] Success!
[2011-11-19 21:35:50 - BasicGLSurfaceView] Starting activity com.example.android.basicglsurfaceview.BasicGLSurfaceViewActivity on device emulator-5554
[2011-11-19 21:35:52 - BasicGLSurfaceView] ActivityManager: Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.example.android.basicglsurfaceview/.BasicGLSurfaceViewActivity }

Do you have this line: `myGLSurfaceView.setEGLConfigChooser(true);` before `myGLSurfaceView.setRenderer(graphicsRenderer);` in your code? The emulator is not good for openGL stuff in my experience. Compared to running an openGL app on an actual device, the emulator is a lot slower, sometimes to the point of timing out and android thinking your app has crashed. Debug mode and/or on a slow computer will both slow the emulator. I seem to remember even that at one point, the emulator did not actually support openGL-es 2.0 specific stuff. Basically, try to get the app running on a device first — James Coote, Nov 25 '11 at 13:20

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 08 '12 at 01:52

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One year passed, but I hope I can help other unlucky guys!

You had forgot add the GPU emulation hardware property and set its value to yes in your emulation. Add them and try it.

edited Nov 08 '12 at 01:52

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answered Nov 08 '12 at 01:23

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This should definitely go in the tutorial as a side note! – Thierry Jun 28 '13 at 11:58
@user1807862 this doesnt fix it for me. I can run open gl 1 just fine but running 2 gives me the same error as OP. however, what you suggested doesnt help. – michaelsnowden Nov 15 '13 at 21:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '12 at 14:02

With adt 19 and sdk 4.0.3 r3 the emulator now supports OpenGL.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/04/faster-emulator-with-better-hardware.html

Make sure when you setup the emulator in the Hardware properties you add GPU emulation and set the value to yes.

http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/emulator.html

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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The problem is the same as here:

Android OpenGL ES 2.0 emulator

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As stated by Google itself, in the official Android documentation, the Android emulator does not support yet the OpenGL ES 2.0 features.

Please refer to this official document.

http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/opengl/opengl-es20.html

I hope this answers your question.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 02 '12 at 00:45

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The tip is: Don't use the emulator. Hook up the device that you use. There should be documentation on setting that up. After that, if the device is plugged in, it will show up when you start your app.

answered Dec 02 '12 at 00:45

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Agree. It is much faster and you actually test everything on your **production** environment! – agelbess Mar 04 '13 at 15:00

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 30 '15 at 09:16

I was faced same problem... And finally when I Unchecked Both Options i.e. Use Host GPU as well as Store a snapshot for faster startup... That's it... It helps me... For More Details just See http://on-android-opengl2.blogspot.in/2013/05/android-opengl-es-20-emulator.html

Android OpenGL apps stop working after being loaded in emulator

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