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ryanschaefer
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I am testing android on the i.mx7 sabresd platform. The built-in browser is not built when building for sabresd_7d-eng. I noticed that one of the patches excludes the browser because it relies on OpenGL, and the i.mx7d does not have OGL support (or a GPU). I have removed the check in packages/apps/Browser/Android.mk, and was able to include the browser in my build.

The browser unfortunately crashes with the error :

"chromium: [FATAL:gl_surface_android.cc(58)] Check failed: kGLImplementationNone != GetGLImplementation() (0 vs. 0)"

Is there a way to include a OGL software renderer on android? I realize that without a GPU, this could be painfully slow performance wise.

Thanks,

Ryan

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ryanschaefer
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After more research - Android includes a software rendering solution for OpenGL (PixelFlinger), but this only supports up to OpenGL 1.1 I believe. PixelFlinger may have been removed from newer releases - I'm still unsure about this. OpenGL 2.0 is required for many android packages. For example, the built-in browser (and chrome, who both use chromium webengine under the hood), or any app that tries to use WebViews currently crash.

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ryanschaefer
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After more research - Android includes a software rendering solution for OpenGL (PixelFlinger), but this only supports up to OpenGL 1.1 I believe. PixelFlinger may have been removed from newer releases - I'm still unsure about this. OpenGL 2.0 is required for many android packages. For example, the built-in browser (and chrome, who both use chromium webengine under the hood), or any app that tries to use WebViews currently crash.

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b36401
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NXP Employee

Our Android BSP for i.MX7 does not support OpenGL.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Have a great day,
Victor

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