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Alright, I think I've hit a reinforced metal wall with this problem, here goes...

I got interested in creating apps on android phones last week, and after several trip ups with trying to get OpenGL ES 2.0 emulated, I've finally done it!

However... Here's the problem:

From what I understand, the way the emulation works digs into the OS, then runs it through your GPU and back into the SDK emulator:

http://android-developers.blogspot.ca/2012/04/faster-emulator-with-better-hardware.html

This is pretty nice stuff, too bad I have an over-paranoid-detect-deny-and-destroy-every-unknown-application-firewall known as ZoneAlarm.

I've granted the following programs full access(3 Bars/ Super Trust Level and all the other columns):

adb.exe
AVD Manager.exe
emulator.exe
emulator-arm.exe

However, it's never always that simple, so here I am now, hoping that some guru can enlighten me on what exactly is being blocked by ZoneAlarm that stops GPU emulation, so I may stop banging my head against the reinforced metallic wall!

A cup of coffee to everyone who tries!

Hobbyist
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  • You may want to read http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4455783/does-the-android-emulator-support-opengl-es-2-0 – Rajesh Apr 26 '12 at 10:02
  • And if you are using the x86 emulator, you may have to include emulator-x86.exe also in the firewall whitelist – Rajesh Apr 26 '12 at 10:07
  • I'm running x86, however in the task manager, the normal version of emulator.exe is the only thing I see running. I've added it to the whitelist regardless though, with the same results =( – Hobbyist Apr 26 '12 at 10:22
  • Have you isolated the issue to confirm that it is because of the firewall (by disabling it)? – Rajesh Apr 26 '12 at 10:25
  • Yes, I've isolated the problem to the firewall, I'm able to run full 3D OpenGL ES 2.0 apps with it disabled. The emulation is rather strange in that it reports that it does not support OpenGL ES 2.0, yet draws it as long as you don't have checks in your code that checks for the version of OpenGL ES. – Hobbyist Apr 26 '12 at 10:27

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