Android OpenGL ES 2.0 emulator

Solution 1:

The emulator now supports OpenGL: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/04/faster-emulator-with-better-hardware.html

Be sure to add the GPU emulation hardware property and set it to yes when creating the avd (per the link below):

http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/emulator.html

Solution 2:

Update: As correctly stated by a StackOverflow user, the android emulator now supports OpenGL ES 2.0 (Feb 2017)

https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/tools/recent/androidemulatorrevision2530feb2017

As stated by Google itself, in the official Android documentation, the Android emulator does not support yet the OpenGL ES 2.0 features.

Please refer to this official document.

http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/opengl/opengl-es20.html

I hope this answers your question.

For OpenGles20 emulator you can use GenyMotion www.genymotion.com/

Solution 3:

As of Feb 2017, emulator 25.3.0 supports OpenGL 2.0 fully.

https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/tools/recent/androidemulatorrevision2530feb2017

Fully GLES 2.0 compliant. Given a host GPU that has conformant desktop OpenGL drivers, the emulator now passes 100% of CTS dEQP-GLES2 must-pass.

After it stabilizes, assuming there are no critical bugs with it, you should be able to test with it.