Gallery app crashes on start on ARM Versatile Express - Android KitKat

[Tixy (Jon Medhurst)]

Starting the Gallery app gives a dialog box saying "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped".

Observed in build https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=70

Logcat shows "FATAL EXCEPTION: GLThread 76" , see attached log file 'bootlog-and-logcat'

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This issue is observed on following images:
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=74
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=85
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-13.09-release/#build=6
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=127
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-13.10-release/#build=2
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-13.11-release/#build=2
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-13.12-release/#build=1
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-14.01-release/#build=6
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=247
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-14.02-release/#build=11
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=271
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-14.03-release/#build=1
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=297
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-14.04-release/#build=1
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=331
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-14.05-release/#build=2
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=356
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro-14.06-release/#build=1
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-linaro/#build=386
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https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-lsk/#build=52
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-lsk-13.10-release/#build=2
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-lsk/#build=85
https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/vexpress-lsk-13.11-release/#build=1

[Tixy (Jon Medhurst) (tixy)]

Looks like the Gallery app now wants GLES2.0, and the software graphics rendering in Linaro Android only supports GLES1.1 (there is a card to add support for 2.0 https://cards.linaro.org/browse/CARD-746).

However, if I hack the Gallery app as below to not require 2.0 then it starts and works as well as it did in Android 4.2.

diff --git a/gallerycommon/src/com/android/gallery3d/common/ApiHelper.java b/gallerycommon/src/com/a
index dde4c56..3bc2e00 100644
--- a/gallerycommon/src/com/android/gallery3d/common/ApiHelper.java
+++ b/gallerycommon/src/com/android/gallery3d/common/ApiHelper.java
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ public class ApiHelper {
     public static final boolean HAS_OBJECT_ANIMATION =
             Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB;

- public static final boolean HAS_GLES20_REQUIRED =
- Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB;
+ public static final boolean HAS_GLES20_REQUIRED = false;

     public static final boolean HAS_ROTATION_ANIMATION =
             hasField(WindowManager.LayoutParams.class, "rotationAnimation");

[Ryan Harkin (ryanharkin)]

This bug is replaced by:
https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140