Eglcreatewindowsurface Fails With Java.lang.illegalargumentexception

When trying to press the back button quickly during launching some Activities with GLSurfaceView, eglCreateWindowSurface fails with java.lang.IllegalArgumentException. I got the fo

Solution 1:

Switching between multiple Activities quickly torn window surface down.

I patched GLSurfaceView.guardedRun() to avoid race condition of GLSurfaceView

from:

if (createEglSurface) {
                    if (LOG_SURFACE) {
                        Log.w("GLThread", "egl createSurface");
                    }
                    gl = (GL10) mEglHelper.createSurface(getHolder());
                    if (gl == null) {
                        // Couldn't create a surface. Quit quietly.break;
                    }
                    sGLThreadManager.checkGLDriver(gl);
                    createEglSurface = false;
                }

to:

if (createEglSurface) {
                    if (LOG_SURFACE) {
                        Log.w("GLThread", "egl createSurface");
                    }
                    gl = (GL10) mEglHelper.createSurface(getHolder());
                    if (gl == null) {
                        // If we escape, GLThread ends up. Don't escape.continue;
                    }
                    sGLThreadManager.checkGLDriver(gl);
                    createEglSurface = false;
                }

It looks to me like this problem was fixed in JellyBean.

Solution 2:

I had the same problem and fixed it by setting a callback for surfaceDestroyed and calling super.surfaceDestroyed.

glSurfaceView = newGLSurfaceView(context) {
    publicvoidsurfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
        super.surfaceDestroyed(holder);
    }
};