Upgrading to Android 8.0.0 causes black screen at startup until ShaderCache2 is deleted
Device: Nexus 6P
After upgrading my device from Android 7.1.2 to Android 8.0.0 today, opening Minecraft PE shows a black screen (no text or graphics). After clearing the app's data the issue stopped occurring.
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Upgrading to Android 8.0.0 causes black screen at startup until data is cleared
Device: Nexus 6P
After upgrading my device from Android 7.1.2 to Android 8.0.0 today, opening Minecraft PE shows a black screen (no text or graphics). After clearing the app's data the issue stopped occurring.
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- Android
- Android 8.0.0
- 1.2.0.18
Upgrading to Android 8.0.0 causes black screen at startup untildata is clearedUpgrading to Android 8.0.0 causes black screen at startup until ShaderCache2 is deleted
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Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as a Duplicate of MCPE-25225.
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Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as a Duplicate of MCPE-25225.
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Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as a Duplicate of MCPE-25225.
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Manually deleting the cache/minecraftpe/ShaderCache2 folder also fixes the problem. It seems that Minecraft PE doesn't invalidate the shader cache on OS upgrade.
Fixed in an earlier version.