Record in Android Emulator flickers

Question

I have tried recording in Android Studio with different emulated devices and programs, but all my records flicker heavily.

The screen of the emulator itself doesn't flicker.

I have tried using Nexus 5X, Nexus 7 and Pixel 2 on 25 and 28 API level.

I'm running the emulator on Windows 10 with Intel Core i7-4720HQ, 16GB memory and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M.

I have set the mode to Maximum Performance in NVIDIA Control Panel.

When I record the same programs with real phone, everything works fine.

The version of Android Studio is up-to-date.

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I have solved it by changing a parameter in the emulator's config.ini file

To solve it you have to go to the path where you have the emulator installed: Example -> C:\Users\XXXX\.android\avd\ You enter the emulator that you want to fix and where it says:

hw.gpu.mode = auto 

You replace it with:

hw.gpu.mode = guest 

Save changes and restart the emulator

Answer 2

I had the same issue and was able to solve it by changing Emulated Performance to "Software-GLES 2.0" in the AVD settings. In the notes, it says that this setting is supposed to be used to work around issues with the computer's graphic card. (This solution is similar to the one of @padDad, just with a different setting)