Device using Qualcomm Adreno 308 (supports OpenGL ES 3.0) crashes with current OpenGL ES 3.1

I have my app running on Android 7 to 9, except on a Samsung J6+ which has a Qualcomm Adreno 308, supporting OpenGL 3.0.

AndroidManifest.xml already contains:

<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00030000" android:required="true" />

Gradle:

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.29.0'
    }

App Gradle:

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "br.com.xx.xx.xx"
        minSdkVersion 22
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
        versionName flutterVersionName
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    . . .

    implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.0.2'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
    implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-alpha07'
    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.0'

    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:17.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:17.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:16.2.1'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:17.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:17.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:17.0.0'
    implementation 'com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.10.1'

    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.2.0'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'

What am I getting wrong? Is there any way to have the app forcibly compiled with OpenGL ES 3.0 ?

Steps to Reproduce

Run on a real J6+ device.

Logs

Syncing files to device SM J610G...
D/ViewRootImpl@adfe2db[MainActivity](28843): MSG_WINDOW_FOCUS_CHANGED 1 1
D/InputMethodManager(28843): prepareNavigationBarInfo() DecorView@6cbb45d[MainActivity]
D/InputMethodManager(28843): getNavigationBarColor() -855310
D/InputMethodManager(28843): prepareNavigationBarInfo() DecorView@6cbb45d[MainActivity]
D/InputMethodManager(28843): getNavigationBarColor() -855310
V/InputMethodManager(28843): Starting input: tba=br.com.xx.xx.xx ic=null mNaviBarColor -855310 mIsGetNaviBarColorSuccess true , NavVisible : true , NavTrans : false
D/InputMethodManager(28843): startInputInner - Id : 0
I/InputMethodManager(28843): startInputInner - mService.startInputOrWindowGainedFocus
D/ViewRootImpl@adfe2db[MainActivity](28843): MSG_RESIZED_REPORT: frame=[0,0][720,1480] ci=[0,42][0,84] vi=[0,42][0,84] or=1
D/InputTransport(28843): Input channel constructed: fd=101
D/InputMethodManager(28843): prepareNavigationBarInfo() DecorView@6cbb45d[MainActivity]
D/InputMethodManager(28843): getNavigationBarColor() -855310
V/InputMethodManager(28843): Starting input: tba=br.com.xx.xx.xx ic=null mNaviBarColor -855310 mIsGetNaviBarColorSuccess true , NavVisible : true , NavTrans : false
D/InputMethodManager(28843): startInputInner - Id : 0
I/flutter (28843): AppScoped.setupModels()
I/flutter (28843): MainApp.build() -> user not authenticated
**I/Adreno  (28843): ERROR: The GPU does not support this version of OpenGL ES, try an older version**
D/skia    (28843): Shader compilation error
D/skia    (28843): ------------------------
D/skia    (28843):    1	#version 310 es
D/skia    (28843):    2	
D/skia    (28843):    3	in highp vec4 sk_FragCoord_Workaround;
D/skia    (28843):    4	precision mediump float;
D/skia    (28843):    5	out mediump vec4 sk_FragColor;
D/skia    (28843):    6	in mediump vec4 vcolor_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):    7	void main() {
D/skia    (28843):    8	    mediump vec4 outputColor_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):    9	    {
D/skia    (28843):   10	        outputColor_Stage0 = vcolor_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):   11	    }
D/skia    (28843):   12	    {
D/skia    (28843):   13	        sk_FragColor = outputColor_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):   14	    }
D/skia    (28843):   15	}
D/skia    (28843):   16	
D/skia    (28843): Errors:
D/skia    (28843): ERROR: The GPU does not support this version of OpenGL ES, try an older version
D/skia    (28843): 
I/Adreno  (28843): ERROR: The GPU does not support this version of OpenGL ES, try an older version
D/skia    (28843): Shader compilation error
D/skia    (28843): ------------------------
D/skia    (28843):    1	#version 310 es
D/skia    (28843):    2	
D/skia    (28843):    3	in highp vec4 sk_FragCoord_Workaround;
D/skia    (28843):    4	precision mediump float;
D/skia    (28843):    5	out mediump vec4 sk_FragColor;
D/skia    (28843):    6	in highp vec4 vinCircleEdge_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):    7	in mediump vec4 vinColor_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):    8	void main() {
D/skia    (28843):    9	    mediump vec4 outputColor_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):   10	    mediump vec4 outputCoverage_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):   11	    {
D/skia    (28843):   12	        highp vec4 circleEdge;
D/skia    (28843):   13	        circleEdge = vinCircleEdge_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):   14	        outputColor_Stage0 = vinColor_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):   15	        highp float d = length(circleEdge.xy);
D/skia    (28843):   16	        mediump float distanceToOuterEdge = circleEdge.z * (1.0 - d);
D/skia    (28843):   17	        mediump float edgeAlpha = clamp(distanceToOuterEdge, 0.0, 1.0);
D/skia    (28843):   18	        mediump float distanceToInnerEdge = circleEdge.z * (d - circleEdge.w);
D/skia    (28843):   19	        mediump float innerAlpha = clamp(distanceToInnerEdge, 0.0, 1.0);
D/skia    (28843):   20	        edgeAlpha *= innerAlpha;
D/skia    (28843):   21	        outputCoverage_Stage0 = vec4(edgeAlpha);
D/skia    (28843):   22	    }
D/skia    (28843):   23	    {
D/skia    (28843):   24	        sk_FragColor = outputColor_Stage0 * outputCoverage_Stage0;
D/skia    (28843):   25	    }
D/skia    (28843):   26	}
D/skia    (28843):   27	
D/skia    (28843): Errors:
D/skia    (28843): ERROR: The GPU does not support this version of OpenGL ES, try an older version

flutter doctor -v results:

[√] Flutter (Channel dev, v1.8.0, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063], locale pt-BR)
    • Flutter version 1.8.0 at C:\Users\fernando\AppData\Local\Flutter
    • Framework revision 2fefa8c731 (12 days ago), 2019-07-01 11:33:22 -0700
    • Engine revision 45b66b722e
    • Dart version 2.4.0

[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 29.0.0)
    • Android SDK at C:\Users\fernando\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
    • Android NDK location not configured (optional; useful for native profiling support)
    • Platform android-29, build-tools 29.0.0
    • Java binary at: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin\java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)
    ! Some Android licenses not accepted.  To resolve this, run: flutter doctor --android-licenses

[√] Android Studio (version 3.4)
    • Android Studio at C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio
    • Flutter plugin version 36.1.1
    • Dart plugin version 183.6270
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)

[√] VS Code (version 1.36.1)
    • VS Code at C:\Users\fernando\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
    • Flutter extension version 3.2.0

[√] Connected device (1 available)
    • SM J610G • 715690a3 • android-arm • Android 9 (API 28)

! Doctor found issues in 1 category.

Update: rolling back to Flutter stable channel solved the issue, app runs with no issues:

[√] Flutter (Channel stable, v1.7.8+hotfix.3, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063], locale pt-BR)
    • Flutter version 1.7.8+hotfix.3 at C:\Users\fernando\AppData\Local\Flutter
    • Framework revision b712a172f9 (5 days ago), 2019-07-09 13:14:38 -0700
    • Engine revision 54ad777fd2
    • Dart version 2.4.0

[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 29.0.0)
    • Android SDK at C:\Users\fernando\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
    • Android NDK location not configured (optional; useful for native profiling support)
    • Platform android-29, build-tools 29.0.0
    • Java binary at: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin\java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)
    ! Some Android licenses not accepted.  To resolve this, run: flutter doctor --android-licenses

[√] Android Studio (version 3.4)
    • Android Studio at C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio
    • Flutter plugin version 36.1.1
    • Dart plugin version 183.6270
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b01)

[√] VS Code (version 1.36.1)
    • VS Code at C:\Users\fernando\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
    • Flutter extension version 3.2.0

[√] Connected device (1 available)
    • SM J610G • 715690a3 • android-arm • Android 9 (API 28)

[tvolkert]

@liyuqian

[liyuqian]

My understanding is that you can't force OpenGL ES 3.0 from the gradle file (or any file under your control). Skia should be checking your supported OpenGL ES level by communicating with the GPU driver and generate the shader for that version dynamically at runtime.

The crash here could either be a GPU driver bug, or a Skia bug. CC @bsalomon from Skia. Maybe Skia team need a Samsung J6+ and your app to reproduce the issue. Hence for @vortal: can you please attach a minimal Flutter app that reproduces this crash? Alternatively, can you check if flutter_gallery app crashes on J6+?

My apologies but I have already returned the device to the client, who I borrowed from, hence I won't be able to supply a "crashable" version again nor verify flutter_gallery. Sorry. But the setup at the time was Flutter dev channel v1.8.0 + Gradle 5.1.1/3.4.1 + Dart 2.4.0 with Android Studio 3.4.1 on an i7 Windows box.

Either through debug mode with device attached, or running a release version, the crash has been verified at that very point above.

[markmclaren2]

I'm getting the same kind of error when running a Flutter app on my Summit 2 smartwatch. Funny thing is this app was running fine until the underlying Android operating system was updated - now it's giving me a black screen, and the following output:

I/Adreno  ( 2976): ERROR: The GPU does not support this version of OpenGL ES, try an older version
D/skia    ( 2976): Shader compilation error
D/skia    ( 2976): ------------------------
D/skia    ( 2976):    1	#version 310 es
D/skia    ( 2976):    2	
D/skia    ( 2976):    3	in highp vec4 sk_FragCoord_Workaround;
D/skia    ( 2976):    4	precision mediump float;
D/skia    ( 2976):    5	out mediump vec4 sk_FragColor;
D/skia    ( 2976):    6	in mediump vec4 vcolor_Stage0;
D/skia    ( 2976):    7	void main() {
D/skia    ( 2976):    8	    mediump vec4 outputColor_Stage0;
D/skia    ( 2976):    9	    {
D/skia    ( 2976):   10	        outputColor_Stage0 = vcolor_Stage0;
D/skia    ( 2976):   11	    }
D/skia    ( 2976):   12	    {
D/skia    ( 2976):   13	        sk_FragColor = outputColor_Stage0;
D/skia    ( 2976):   14	    }
D/skia    ( 2976):   15	}
D/skia    ( 2976):   16	
D/skia    ( 2976): Errors:
D/skia    ( 2976): ERROR: The GPU does not support this version of OpenGL ES, try an older version
D/skia    ( 2976): 

Here's my flutter doctor output:

[✓] Flutter (Channel dev, v1.8.4, on Mac OS X 10.14.5 18F132, locale en-AU)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 28.0.3)
[!] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 10.2.1)
    ✗ CocoaPods not installed.
        CocoaPods is used to retrieve the iOS and macOS platform side's plugin code that
        responds to your plugin usage on the Dart side.
        Without CocoaPods, plugins will not work on iOS or macOS.
        For more info, see https://flutter.dev/platform-plugins
      To install:
        sudo gem install cocoapods
        pod setup
[!] Android Studio (version 3.4)
    ✗ Flutter plugin not installed; this adds Flutter specific functionality.
    ✗ Dart plugin not installed; this adds Dart specific functionality.
[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2019.1.1)
[✓] Connected device (2 available)

! Doctor found issues in 2 categories.

[liyuqian]

@vortal @markmclaren2 : can you please try uninstall and reinstall the app to see if the crash goes away? We suspect that the OS upgrade may have downgraded the OpenGL version which causes some trouble in our cache. Deleting the app will evict the cache and fix the problem if that's the case.

[markmclaren2]

Same problem I'm afraid, even after I removed the app from the device, and performed a flutter clean then flutter run --release

[liyuqian]

Ok, I'm going to get a Samsung J6+ to do some local testing (hopefully it suffices without needing a much more expensive Summit 2).

@markmclaren2 : can you please provide a minimal Flutter app (hopefully just one main.dart with fewer than 200 lines of code) that reproduces that crash?

[Jongui]

I am facing the same problem. Downgrading to the last stable release solved the problem.