java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Software rendering doesn't support hardware bitmaps

[softlion]

Google play automated tests found a problem with blur view on Pixel2 device, which crashes the app:

Any clue ?

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Software rendering doesn't support hardware bitmaps
    at android.graphics.BaseCanvas.onHwBitmapInSwMode(BaseCanvas.java:550)
    at android.graphics.BaseCanvas.throwIfHwBitmapInSwMode(BaseCanvas.java:557)
    at android.graphics.BaseCanvas.throwIfCannotDraw(BaseCanvas.java:69)
    at android.graphics.BaseCanvas.drawBitmap(BaseCanvas.java:127)
    at android.graphics.Canvas.drawBitmap(Canvas.java:1504)
    at android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable.draw(BitmapDrawable.java:545)
    at android.widget.ImageView.onDraw(ImageView.java:1360)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:20207)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:20077)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.ViewOverlay$OverlayViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewOverlay.java:251)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:20216)
    at eightbitlab.com.blurview.BlockingBlurController.drawUnderlyingViews(BlockingBlurController.java:221)
    at eightbitlab.com.blurview.BlockingBlurController.drawBlurredContent(BlockingBlurController.java:234)
    at eightbitlab.com.blurview.BlurView.draw(BlurView.java:57)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19082)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout.dispatchDraw(ConstraintLayout.java:1966)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:20210)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19082)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19073)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.drawChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:1234)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:20210)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19082)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19073)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19073)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19073)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19073)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19935)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:4333)
    at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:4112)
    at android.view.View.draw(View.java:20210)
    at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.draw(DecorView.java:780)
    at android.view.View.updateDisplayListIfDirty(View.java:19082)
    at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.updateViewTreeDisplayList(ThreadedRenderer.java:686)
    at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.updateRootDisplayList(ThreadedRenderer.java:692)
    at android.view.ThreadedRenderer.draw(ThreadedRenderer.java:801)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.draw(ViewRootImpl.java:3312)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performDraw(ViewRootImpl.java:3116)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:2485)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1460)
    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:7184)
    at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:949)
    at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:761)
    at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:696)
    at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:935)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at androidx.test.espresso.base.Interrogator.a(Interrogator.java:19)
    at androidx.test.espresso.base.UiControllerImpl.a(UiControllerImpl.java:164)
    at androidx.test.espresso.base.UiControllerImpl.a(UiControllerImpl.java:156)
    at androidx.test.espresso.base.UiControllerImpl.a(UiControllerImpl.java:34)
    at androidx.test.espresso.action.MotionEvents.a(MotionEvents.java:76)
    at androidx.test.espresso.action.MotionEvents.a(MotionEvents.java:51)
    at androidx.test.espresso.action.Tap.c(Tap.java:8)
    at androidx.test.espresso.action.Tap.a(Tap.java:18)
    at androidx.test.espresso.action.Tap$1.b(Tap.java:3)
    at androidx.test.espresso.action.GeneralClickAction.perform(GeneralClickAction.java:22)
    at androidx.test.espresso.ViewInteraction$SingleExecutionViewAction.perform(ViewInteraction.java:9)
    at androidx.test.espresso.ViewInteraction.a(ViewInteraction.java:79)
    at androidx.test.espresso.ViewInteraction.a(ViewInteraction.java:96)
    at androidx.test.espresso.ViewInteraction$1.call(ViewInteraction.java:3)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)

[wcoder]

Hi, thanks for report!

Seems like Android 8.0+ system bug

Linked original repo issue: https://github.com/Dimezis/BlurView/issues/66

Another issues:

• https://github.com/facebook/stetho/issues/615

SO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48021540/software-rendering-doesnt-support-hardware-bitmap-in-oreo

[softlion]

I replaced this component with the one from mmin18/RealtimeBlurView. I translated it into C#:

https://gist.github.com/softlion/e8507be4ab62088fb424b3bfc95b8eef

It's much easier to use.

[dejanbasic]

I replaced this component with the one from mmin18/RealtimeBlurView. I translated it into C#:

https://gist.github.com/softlion/e8507be4ab62088fb424b3bfc95b8eef

It's much easier to use.

@softlion can I use this in Xamarin.Forms project and how? Can you provide a sample code?