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fix: use the host gpu for windowed emulator launches on macOS - #83
Depends on #81. This branch is stacked on it, so the first two commits here are #81's. Please review only the last commit (6a24db7). Once #81 is merged, the diff shrinks to that commit.
On macOS, a windowed launch has no -gpu flag, so the emulator picks -gpu auto. For API 37+ AVDs, that means software rendering (API level 37 requires GLES 3.1, forcing software rendering). The emulator boots, then hangs and segfaults about 15 s later. Headless launches already used -gpu host (simutil_adb 1.4.0). As a result, switching between windowed launches (TUI) and headless ones (desktop app) changed the renderer every time. That invalidated the default_boot snapshot and forced a cold boot.
launchDevice now adds -gpu host when:
the launch is headless (all platforms, as before), or it runs on macOS (new: windowed too);
the caller does not pass -gpu (as before);
the AVD leaves the GPU mode to the emulator (new): hw.gpu.mode in its config.ini is auto or missing, and hw.gpu.enabled is not no. A mode chosen in Android Studio (e.g. swiftshader_indirect) is kept, for headless launches too (AndroidDeviceService.usesAutoGpu).
Windowed launches on Linux and Windows keep -gpu auto. -gpu host can fail there without a usable GPU (VMs, remote desktop), and the crash has only been seen on macOS.
headlessGpuArgs is renamed to hostGpuArgs; the old name stays as a deprecated alias. isMacOS joins the constructor test seams. The changelog entries go under the unreleased simutil_adb 1.5.0 from #81 and under [Unreleased] for the CLI/TUI and the app. codegen has been run.
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dart analyze --fatal-infos reports no issues, and melos run test passes. Covered by tests: host GPU for windowed launches on macOS, auto kept off macOS, an explicit hw.gpu.mode = auto, an AVD-set mode kept for a headless launch, a disabled GPU. The launch tests now use a temp ANDROID_AVD_HOME instead of the real ~/.android/avd.
Manual on macOS (emulator 37.2.12, API 37 AVD): simutil launch Pixel_10a (windowed) starts qemu with -gpu host. It reaches sys.boot_completed=1 and is still running 45 s after boot. With -gpu auto, the same AVD crashed about 15 s after boot.
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Bug Fixes
Running multiple Android emulators no longer stalls device commands.
Emulator launches return once the emulator is up, and pressing Ctrl+C afterward no longer closes it.
Startup failures, including attempts to launch an already-running emulator, now show an error instead of reporting success.
On macOS, windowed emulators use the host GPU when GPU mode is automatic, helping prevent crashes on API 37+ and forced cold boots when switching between windowed and headless modes.
Android Studio’s configured GPU mode and caller-supplied GPU options are preserved.
Android emulator launches now use detached processes and report startup failures through the CLI. Eligible launches use host GPU arguments, subject to caller-supplied options and AVD configuration. The change adds shared launch exception types, tests, dependency updates, and changelog entries.
DeviceLaunchException stores a device ID and message. EmulatorLaunchException extends it. The device service documents the launch exception contract. Exports, tests, package versions, and release notes are updated.
Android emulator launches start in a detached process group and return while the process remains active. Startup failures raise EmulatorLaunchException; the CLI logs the failure and returns exit code 1. Eligible launches use host GPU arguments unless caller options or AVD configuration specify otherwise. Tests cover startup, error formatting, and GPU selection. Dependency constraints and release notes are updated.
sequenceDiagram
participant LaunchCommand
participant AndroidDeviceService
participant EmulatorProcess
LaunchCommand->>AndroidDeviceService: launchDevice
AndroidDeviceService->>EmulatorProcess: start detached process
EmulatorProcess-->>AndroidDeviceService: provide stdout and stderr
alt process stays active through launch grace period
AndroidDeviceService-->>LaunchCommand: return success
LaunchCommand-->>LaunchCommand: log success and return 0
else process startup fails or exits during grace period
AndroidDeviceService-->>LaunchCommand: throw EmulatorLaunchException
LaunchCommand-->>LaunchCommand: log error and return 1
end
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dungngminh/simutil#82: The PR applies host GPU arguments to eligible macOS windowed launches, addressing the reported renderer mismatch and API 37 crash.
Possibly related PRs
dungngminh/simutil#81: This PR supplies the detached launchDevice flow that this change extends with GPU selection and tests.
dungngminh/simutil#85: This PR has a strong code-level connection through the shared DeviceLaunchException contract and CLI error handling.
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The macOS GPU fix and the detached Android launch change look sound. The shared launch-failure documentation promises that every platform reports launch failures, but Apple simulators do not do that until the paired change #85 lands. Merge this together with #85 or make sure #85 lands before release. The gap is bounded and affects documentation and Apple error reporting only.
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[#82] The implementation adds -gpu host for macOS windowed launches when the caller does not pass -gpu and the AVD uses automatic GPU selection. It preserves caller-supplied and AVD-selected modes…
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[#82] The implementation adds -gpu host for macOS windowed launches when the caller does not pass -gpu and the AVD uses automatic GPU selection. It preserves caller-supplied and AVD-selected modes, keeps headless host-GPU behavior, and leaves Linux and Windows windowed launches unchanged. usesAutoGpu checks hw.gpu.mode and hw.gpu.enabled. The focused tests cover macOS windowed launches, explicit modes, disabled GPU, and headless behavior. These changes address both the macOS crash and renderer changes that invalidate default_boot.
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The current whole-PR evidence includes the implementation for #81 in addition to the #82 GPU fix. These changes include detached emulator startup and launch grace-period handling in AndroidDeviceService, EmulatorLaunchException and DeviceLaunchException, CLI launch error handling, dependency and version updates, and related changelog and tests. #82 does not require launch blocking or startup-error reporting. The GPU logic, GPU tests, isMacOS seam, and GPU changelog entries are in scope.
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A rabbit watches emulators start, Detached processes hop apart. Host GPU flags take their place, Startup errors show their face. The CLI reports the launch result, While AVD settings still have their say.
packages/simutil_core/lib/src/device_service.dart - doc comment clarifies when DeviceLaunchException is thrown and that completing does not mean booting is finished
Reviewed the incremental diff (fae393c vs 874e2fa): DeviceLaunchException base type added in simutil_core, EmulatorLaunchException refactored to extend it (.avd renamed to .deviceId), the CLI catch clause updated to DeviceLaunchException, and dependency bumps to simutil_core ^1.4.0. I did not find clear, high-confidence issues in the changed lines.
Reviewed changes for detached emulator launch, early failure reporting (EmulatorLaunchException), and macOS/AVD-aware -gpu host selection. I did not find clear, high-confidence issues in the changed lines.
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SimulatorLaunchException does not exist. A failed Apple simulator boot does not throw DeviceLaunchException, so callers cannot catch that failure as documented.
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--- "a/packages/simutil_core/lib/src/models/device_launch_exception.dart"+++ "b/packages/simutil_core/lib/src/models/device_launch_exception.dart"@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@-/// Thrown by `DeviceService.launchDevice` when a simulator or emulator does-/// not start. Each platform extends it (Android's `EmulatorLaunchException`,-/// Apple's `SimulatorLaunchException`), so callers can catch launch failures-/// of any device with this one type.+/// Base type for device launch exceptions. Android's+/// `EmulatorLaunchException` extends this type.
class DeviceLaunchException implements Exception {
/// Creates an exception for [deviceId] with the tool's own [message].
const DeviceLaunchException(this.deviceId, this.message);
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/// Thrown by `DeviceService.launchDevice` when a simulator or emulator does
/// not start. Each platform extends it (Android's `EmulatorLaunchException`,
/// Apple's `SimulatorLaunchException`), so callers can catch launch failures
/// of any device with this one type.
/// Base type for device launch exceptions. Android's
/// `EmulatorLaunchException` extends this type.
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Fixed via #81 (3774001, rebased here as part of the stack): the doc no longer names SimulatorLaunchException, which lives in #85. The failing-boot case on Apple is handled there.
#!/bin/bashprintf'%s\n''--- Remaining root repository guidance ---'
sed -n '201,400p' AGENTS.md
printf'\n%s\n''--- Apple device service structure ---'
ast-grep outline packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/ios_device_service.dart 2>&1||trueprintf'\n%s\n''--- Apple launch implementation ---'
rg -n -A 60 -B 12 'Future<void> launchDevice\(' packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/ios_device_service.dart
printf'\n%s\n''--- Apple simulator boot command references ---'
rg -n -C 4 "'boot'|\"boot\"|DeviceLaunchException|throw " packages/simutil_apple/lib/src/ios_device_service.dart
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@KrohnMi Thanks. The documentation no longer names SimulatorLaunchException, but it still says callers can catch launch failures for any device. On the current branch, Apple’s launchDevice ignores a failed bootSimulator result and can return normally.
Until #85 is included, please limit that claim in DeviceLaunchException and the DeviceService.launchDevice documentation.
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This branch is stacked on #81, which is paired with #85 for the Apple side. Both PR descriptions now state that, and the core doc describes the contract the two implement together (5a82dcb clarifies its scope).
@KrohnMi Thanks for clarifying. 5a82dcb limits the contract to launch failures, not later boot failures.
I confirmed that #85 adds the Apple exception handling. It is still open, and this branch currently ignores a failed bootSimulator result. Please verify the combined behavior after #85 merges and before release.
Would you like a separate issue to track the gap until #85 merges?
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Minor · Resolve the AVD configuration through path.rel · android_device_service.dart:318-340
packages/simutil_adb/lib/src/android_device_service.dart:318-340 Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Resolve the AVD configuration through path.rel
If a relocated AVD has a valid path.rel with a software GPU mode but its stale path has no config.ini, usesAutoGpu returns true. A headless or macOS launch without a caller-supplied -gpu then adds -gpu host. Windowed macOS launches are newly affected by this PR.
The override can crash on a host without supported acceleration or force a cold boot. Resolve path.rel as the emulator does before falling back to path.
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Update usesAutoGpu to resolve the AVD directory using a valid path.rel before
falling back to path, matching the emulator’s resolution order; then read
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launchDevice ran the emulator through CommandExec.run, which waits for
the process to exit: `simutil launch` never returned, the TUI stayed on
"Launching…", every running emulator held a CommandQueue slot until it
quit, and a failed start was reported as success.
Start the emulator in its own process group, wait a short grace period
for an early exit and throw EmulatorLaunchException with its FATAL /
ERROR lines; otherwise return and let it run. simutil_adb 1.5.0.
With -gpu auto, API 37+ AVDs on macOS render in software and hang, then
crash, about 15 s after boot. Headless launches already used -gpu host,
so switching between windowed and headless launches also changed the
renderer and invalidated the quick-boot snapshot.
Add -gpu host on macOS for windowed launches too, and for headless ones
everywhere as before, unless the caller passes -gpu or the AVD's
config.ini sets its own hw.gpu.mode (or disables the GPU).
headlessGpuArgs becomes hostGpuArgs.
Fixesdungngminh#82
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Description
Fixes #82.
On macOS, a windowed launch has no
-gpuflag, so the emulator picks-gpu auto. For API 37+ AVDs, that means software rendering (API level 37 requires GLES 3.1, forcing software rendering). The emulator boots, then hangs and segfaults about 15 s later. Headless launches already used-gpu host(simutil_adb 1.4.0). As a result, switching between windowed launches (TUI) and headless ones (desktop app) changed the renderer every time. That invalidated thedefault_bootsnapshot and forced a cold boot.launchDevicenow adds-gpu hostwhen:-gpu(as before);hw.gpu.modein itsconfig.iniisautoor missing, andhw.gpu.enabledis notno. A mode chosen in Android Studio (e.g.swiftshader_indirect) is kept, for headless launches too (AndroidDeviceService.usesAutoGpu).Windowed launches on Linux and Windows keep
-gpu auto.-gpu hostcan fail there without a usable GPU (VMs, remote desktop), and the crash has only been seen on macOS.headlessGpuArgsis renamed tohostGpuArgs; the old name stays as a deprecated alias.isMacOSjoins the constructor test seams. The changelog entries go under the unreleasedsimutil_adb1.5.0 from #81 and under[Unreleased]for the CLI/TUI and the app.codegenhas been run.Verified
dart analyze --fatal-infosreports no issues, andmelos run testpasses. Covered by tests: host GPU for windowed launches on macOS,autokept off macOS, an explicithw.gpu.mode = auto, an AVD-set mode kept for a headless launch, a disabled GPU. The launch tests now use a tempANDROID_AVD_HOMEinstead of the real~/.android/avd.simutil launch Pixel_10a(windowed) starts qemu with-gpu host. It reachessys.boot_completed=1and is still running 45 s after boot. With-gpu auto, the same AVD crashed about 15 s after boot.Suggested labels:
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