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I'm trying to run latest version of Google Chrome on Android emulator, but after upgrading it from the Play Store, it always opened as a white screen. I even tried to download Edge chromium but had same issue!

I tried to Cold Boot, Wipe data, and create a new emulator, but had same issue. It was working before 1 week, and not sure if there is any update just brake things. I can see that last Chrome update was on January 4th, 2022.

Environment:

  • Emulator: Pixel 4 API 30
  • Android Version: 11
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Chrome version: 97.0.4692.70

Screenshot for the white screen: Chrome white screen

Any ideas will be much appreciated

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    I don't see how your question is related to programming. Therefore this seems to be better suited on android.stackexchange.com Commented Jan 10, 2022 at 17:23
  • Thank you @Robert , I saw some similar questions but the solution did not work for me, and I thought this can be a good place to ask. I will make sure to use the other mentioned website. Commented Jan 12, 2022 at 13:21
  • @Ebraheem Did you solve it? I got the same problem Commented Jan 24, 2022 at 10:23
  • @wallef, unfortunately not. I had to use the older version that come with the emulator Commented Jan 26, 2022 at 19:19

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Create or open the advancedFeatures.ini file.

macOS/Linux: ~/.android/advancedFeatures.ini

Windows: C:\Users\%USER%\.android\advancedFeatures.ini

Add the following lines:

Vulkan = off
GLDirectMem = on

Please note that advancedFeatures.ini may be deleted during major emulator upgrades.

Sources:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/70842795/4329861

And

https://stackoverflow.com/a/68344341/4329861

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Please be aware that advancedFeatures.ini may be deleted when Emulator do major upgrades.
This worked for me, emulating Pixel 4/5 on Android 12.1. Thank you.
This seems working also on Linux for Emulator version 32. For an alternative see also: developer.android.com/studio/run/…
This solved a lot of problems for me, but doesn't seem to anymore.
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When the advancedFeatures.ini approach failed for me, I was able to resolve this by:

  1. Cold booting Android
  2. Stopping Chrome
  3. Clearing storage and cache for Chrome
  4. Opening Chrome and immediately going to chrome://flags
  5. Disabling any flag related to GPU rendering, hardware acceleration, etc

After doing so, Chrome is now relatively stable and shows the intended content in all cases so far.

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Changing advancedFeatures.ini file worked. But again some times there was white scree. Even in another app. Don't know if there is another problem. But after deleting all storage data (not just cashe) the app and Chrome worked normal. But then again the problem may appear, the same solution works.

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