Android OpenGL Error (not using OpenGL in my app)

Question

I'm getting crash reports from one of my apps, from a user with a Nexus 4 running 4.3. From what I understand, this error is caused by OpenGL. I don't use OpenGL in my app. Can anyone give me a hand with this?

Here's the error:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not create an EGL context. eglCreateContext failed with error: EGL_SUCCESS
    at  
android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.createContext(HardwareRenderer.java:1192)
    at 
android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.initializeEgl(HardwareRenderer.java:1044)
    at
android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.initialize(HardwareRenderer.java:979)
    at
android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1536)
    at
android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1004)
    at
android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5481)
    at
android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:749)
    at
android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:562)
    at
android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:532)
    at
android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:735)
    at
android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
    at
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
    at
android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
    at
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5289)
    at 
java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
    at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:739)
    at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:555)
    at
dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Are you sure it's Android 4.3? Android 4.4 just start getting deployed to the Nexus 4 yesterday. What does your app do anyway? — Stephan Branczyk
– Stephan Branczyk, Commented Nov 3, 2013 at 1:49
See if you can replicate the error on a remote Nexus 4 here: developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveVirtualLab.dev — Stephan Branczyk
– Stephan Branczyk, Commented Nov 3, 2013 at 2:29
Positive that it's 4.4 (I have built in logging that reports the version (among other info) at the time of a crash or developer report. The log right before this crash is in a method that uses MediaPlayer. This takes place in a Service. However, right after the Service is started an Activity is also started. I don't see any of my breadcrumb logs from the Activity so I'm guessing it's not the cause. I'll look into that link. Thanks. — Eliezer
– Eliezer, Commented Nov 3, 2013 at 2:48

marmor · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-05 11:10:16Z

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Just happened to me on my Nexus 4. it seems to cause about half my apps to crash, looks like it's a glitch in the matrix.

Rebooting the phone solved it.

answered Nov 5, 2013 at 11:10

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Sven Haiges Over a year ago

Same here. Pretty much all apps crash. How bad.

Eliezer Over a year ago

What do you mean by a glitch in the matrix?

marmor Over a year ago

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glitch%20in%20the%20matrix (def 2)

Sven Haiges Over a year ago

This is becoming a major issue for me really. I completely factory reset my nexus 4 and the issue came back. I am running 4.3 on a Nexus 4 and the device has little but the core os and apps. In my own app, I cannot see how I would be using Open GL...

marmor Over a year ago

If you have "developer options" in settings, disable anything related to GPU, specifically "Force GPU rendering" might be causing this, but some other might be related as well

alko · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-12 20:52:29Z

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It looks like this is an Android (or perhaps Google Play Services) issue, and not specific to your app. There are a couple of other tickets/threads open that discuss this issue:

I have encountered this on my Nexus 4, and am hoping Google provides a fix soon.

edited Nov 12, 2013 at 20:52

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answered Nov 12, 2013 at 20:34

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obezma Over a year ago

Here's one more link that I could not post due to a lack of reputation points: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513412

Eliezer Over a year ago

Thanks for the other links. I've been following the issue on the Android issue page, and I'll have a look at the others.

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