After the macOS Big Sur, 11.0.1 update, the Android emulator began to display image rendering issues. Issue The emulator display window is repeating the device image. An issue has been documented in Android's IssueTracker. Conditions Re-sizing: When the emulator window is resized, increased or decreased Orientation change: Portrait to landscape, and vice-versa Attempted Solutions Clear the emulator with Wipe Data from the Android Device Manager . Create a new emulator instance. Configuration Android Studio Android Studio 4.1.1 Build #AI-201.8743.12.41.6953283, built on November 4, 2020 Runtime version: 1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6915495 x86_64 VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o macOS 10.16 GC: ParNew, ConcurrentMarkSweep Memory: 1979M Cores: 16 Registry: ide.new.welcome.screen.force=true, external.system.auto.import.disabled=true Non-Bundled Plugins: com.android.tool.sizereduction.plugin, com.thoughtworks.gauge, org.jetbrains.kotlin, cn.wjdghd.unique.plugin.id, mobi.hsz.idea.gitignore, com.developerphil.adbidea Emulator Name: Pixel_3a_API_29 CPU/ABI: Google Play Intel Atom (x86) Path: /Users/adamhurwitz/.android/avd/Pixel_3a_API_29.avd Target: google_apis_playstore [Google Play] (API level 29) Skin: 1080x2220 SD Card: 512M fastboot.chosenSnapshotFile: runtime.network.speed: full hw.accelerometer: yes hw.device.name: pixel_3a hw.lcd.width: 1080 hw.initialOrientation: Portrait image.androidVersion.api: 29 tag.id: google_apis_playstore hw.mainKeys: no hw.camera.front: emulated avd.ini.displayname: Pixel 3a API 29 hw.gpu.mode: auto hw.ramSize: 1536 PlayStore.enabled: true fastboot.forceColdBoot: no hw.cpu.ncore: 4 hw.keyboard: yes hw.sensors.proximity: yes hw.dPad: no hw.lcd.height: 2220 vm.heapSize: 256 skin.dynamic: yes hw.device.manufacturer: Google hw.gps: yes skin.path.backup: _no_skin hw.audioInput: yes image.sysdir.1: system-images/android-29/google_apis_playstore/x86/ showDeviceFrame: no hw.camera.back: virtualscene AvdId: Pixel_3a_API_29 hw.lcd.density: 440 hw.arc: false hw.device.hash2: MD5:0e6953ebf01bdc6b33a2f54746629c50 fastboot.forceChosenSnapshotBoot: no fastboot.forceFastBoot: yes hw.trackBall: no hw.battery: yes hw.sdCard: yes tag.display: Google Play runtime.network.latency: none disk.dataPartition.size: 6442450944 hw.sensors.orientation: yes avd.ini.encoding: UTF-8 hw.gpu.enabled: yes

androidandroid-studioandroid-emulatormacos-big-sur

haliltprkk

Reputation: 1508

Android Emulator Render Issue - After macOS Big Sur Update

After the macOS Big Sur, 11.0.1 update, the Android emulator began to display image rendering issues.

Issue

The emulator display window is repeating the device image. An issue has been documented in Android's IssueTracker.

Conditions

Re-sizing: When the emulator window is resized, increased or decreased
Orientation change: Portrait to landscape, and vice-versa

Attempted Solutions

Clear the emulator with Wipe Data from the Android Device Manager.
Create a new emulator instance.

Configuration

Android Studio

Android Studio 4.1.1
Build #AI-201.8743.12.41.6953283, built on November 4, 2020
Runtime version: 1.8.0_242-release-1644-b3-6915495 x86_64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
macOS 10.16
GC: ParNew, ConcurrentMarkSweep
Memory: 1979M
Cores: 16
Registry: ide.new.welcome.screen.force=true, external.system.auto.import.disabled=true Non-Bundled Plugins: com.android.tool.sizereduction.plugin, com.thoughtworks.gauge, org.jetbrains.kotlin, cn.wjdghd.unique.plugin.id, mobi.hsz.idea.gitignore, com.developerphil.adbidea

Emulator

Name: Pixel_3a_API_29
CPU/ABI: Google Play Intel Atom (x86)
Path: /Users/adamhurwitz/.android/avd/Pixel_3a_API_29.avd
Target: google_apis_playstore [Google Play] (API level 29)
Skin: 1080x2220
SD Card: 512M
fastboot.chosenSnapshotFile:
runtime.network.speed: full
hw.accelerometer: yes
hw.device.name: pixel_3a
hw.lcd.width: 1080
hw.initialOrientation: Portrait
image.androidVersion.api: 29
tag.id: google_apis_playstore
hw.mainKeys: no
hw.camera.front: emulated
avd.ini.displayname: Pixel 3a API 29
hw.gpu.mode: auto
hw.ramSize: 1536
PlayStore.enabled: true
fastboot.forceColdBoot: no
hw.cpu.ncore: 4
hw.keyboard: yes
hw.sensors.proximity: yes
hw.dPad: no
hw.lcd.height: 2220
vm.heapSize: 256
skin.dynamic: yes
hw.device.manufacturer: Google
hw.gps: yes
skin.path.backup: _no_skin
hw.audioInput: yes
image.sysdir.1: system-images/android-29/google_apis_playstore/x86/
showDeviceFrame: no
hw.camera.back: virtualscene
AvdId: Pixel_3a_API_29
hw.lcd.density: 440
hw.arc: false
hw.device.hash2: MD5:0e6953ebf01bdc6b33a2f54746629c50
fastboot.forceChosenSnapshotBoot: no
fastboot.forceFastBoot: yes
hw.trackBall: no
hw.battery: yes
hw.sdCard: yes
tag.display: Google Play
runtime.network.latency: none
disk.dataPartition.size: 6442450944
hw.sensors.orientation: yes
avd.ini.encoding: UTF-8
hw.gpu.enabled: yes

Upvotes: 51

Answers (7)

Leo Bastin

Reputation: 310

This is what worked for me. I was having a folder Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager_2 with this "_2" at the end, which SDK tools installer reported as an anomaly.

/Library/Android/sdk/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager_2

I deleted this folder with "_2" at the end and restarted the android studio. Emulators are showing up now.

Upvotes: 0

Pedro Massango

Reputation: 5025

A simple workaroud is to just hide and show it again.

Upvotes: 5

Maddis

Reputation: 645

It seems that upgrading android studio (4.1.2), the emulator, and SDK tools fixes the issue since 2021.

After updating Android Studio, go to the preferences for Android Studio > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK > SDK Tools (tab) and select Android Emulator (I used 30.3.5), Android SDK Tools (26.1.1), and maybe the Android SDK Build-tools.

Disclaimer: These steps solved it for me. It might well be that only updating the "Android Emulator" SDK tool would have been enough.

Upvotes: 8

sérgio brito

Reputation: 408

I am having the same problem, after upgrade for Big Sur.

I find out a workaround... after resize, click twice on magnifying glass.

On some emulators this don't work. In this cases try Settings/Show window frame around device - turn off/turn on. This works for me.

Upvotes: 28

GMP

Reputation: 473

Temporary fix:

After rotate:

Click in the "Enter zoom mode" (CMD+Z).

This will force layout and render of the screen.

Upvotes: 0

sytler

Reputation: 11

only way I have found so far is to resize emulator to wanted size -> go to emulator settings -> Displays -> add secondary display -> apply changes -> remove secondary display -> apply changes

kinda sucks, but it is what it is for now

screenshot of emulator settings

Upvotes: 1