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Opts mediatek devices on android 10 and earlier into SurfaceTextures#187336

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fixes #166248

The makes old mediatek devices running on Android 10 or older use SurfaceTexture platform views to avoid driver bugs.

Tested manually with an LG K8.

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This pull request updates the hasAndroidHardwareBufferDefect method in FlutterRenderer.java to check for additional hardware and board identifiers (mt6762 and mt6765) on devices running API level 29 or lower. Feedback suggests adding null checks for Build.HARDWARE and Build.BOARD before calling toLowerCase() to prevent potential NullPointerException errors.

@gaaclarke gaaclarke changed the title Adds mediatek devices to list of known defects. Opts mediatek devices on android 10 and earlier into surface textures to avoid driver bugs May 30, 2026
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@gaaclarke gaaclarke changed the title Opts mediatek devices on android 10 and earlier into surface textures to avoid driver bugs Opts mediatek devices on android 10 and earlier into SurfaceTextures May 30, 2026
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This doesn't fix the problem in release builds. It just changes the timing enough to work on debug builds.

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fixes flutter#187336

test exempt: workaround for driver bug

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fixes flutter#187336

test exempt: workaround for driver bug

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