BUG: createWindowSurface failed EGL_BAD_ALLOC

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I have an application on Google Play for counting down numbers and letters. In this application I have the following activities: - google sigin - archivements - admob service I use Google Analytics, and ACRA for error reporting. I don't use GLsurfaceView, but I use ACRA one or two times a day which gives me these errors: ``` java.lang.RuntimeException: createWindowSurface failed EGL_BAD_ALLOC at android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.createSurface(HardwareRenderer.java:763) at android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.createEglSurface(HardwareRenderer.java:663) at android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.initialize(HardwareRenderer.java:502) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1325) at android.view.ViewRootImpl.handleMessage(ViewRootImpl.java:2467) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Met…

Accepted Answer

I had the same issue and found that the problem is related to WebView(s) and hardware acceleration on some devices.

Instead of turning off completely hardware acceleration, I disabled it for all my WebView(s) including the AdMob view!

Here how to do it:

```
adView = new AdView(this); //or get it with findViewById()
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
   adView.setLayerType(AdView.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null); //instead of LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE
}
```

BUG: createWindowSurface failed EGL_BAD_ALLOC

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