Does the Android emulator support OpenGL ES 3.0?

Question

I know that the emulator has supported OpenGL ES 2.0 as of SDK tools 17 and Android 4.0.3, but that was introduced back in April 2012.

Does the Android emulator sup

Answer 1

Neither the Android Emulator and system images nor Genymotion currently support OpenGL ES Version 3.0.

As I write this the latest (Rev. 1) ARM and x86 system images for Android 5.1.1 (API 22) report that they support OpenGL ES Version 2.0 and not 3.0.

Similarly, Genymotion's Nexus 5 Android 5.1.0 API 22 virtual device reports only OpenGL ES Version 2.0 support.

You can use the code below to check support under future system images and emulators:

package com.example.opengltest;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ActivityManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.ConfigurationInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class OpenGLESVersionActivity extends Activity {

    private static final String TAG = "OpenGLESVersionActivity";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        final ActivityManager activityManager =
                (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
        final ConfigurationInfo configurationInfo =
                activityManager.getDeviceConfigurationInfo();
        String versionText = "Device Supported OpenGL ES Version = " + configurationInfo.getGlEsVersion();
        Toast.makeText(this, versionText, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        Log.d(TAG, versionText);
    }

}