GPU profiler, Android studio 3.0

Question

Recently was released Android Studio 3.0.

There are changes regarding Profiling (CPU, Network, Memory).

And with these changes came questions like:

• Where is GPU profiling?
• Have Google ditched it?
• Does it mean that we can only debug it only through device?

Selfless

Answer 1

GPU profiling was removed from Android Studio.

This tool was removed in Android Studio 3.0.

It seems the GPU monitor would interfere in the Memory monitor readings when running, so that could be one of the reasons for why it was removed. Personally I had it disabled most of the time because of this.

And yes, so far the only way I'm aware of debugging it, is on-device.

Caisson

Hello, on-device GPU profiling is not good. It is not opening in games. How can we open it in games? – Hampson

@gurkan-stack In games ? The GPU profiler we used to have on Android Studio (and now only on-device) is only for Android 2D rendering engine. So every thing down to drawing on a canvas. It does not cover Open GL drawing requests. And I don't know where you can have something similar for that, sorry. – Raab

Answer 2

Hello!Hello! you can use “Android GPU Inspector (AGI)” to check GPU performance.

Cotillion

For people who want to know, AGI requires device be Android 11+ – Hakodate