I’m running into a strange issue where Android Studio causes my screen to flicker, and I’m trying to understand whether this is a known GPU/driver/rendering problem.
This only happens when a build is running in Android Studio
Games, GPU stress tests, and benchmarks run perfectly fine with no flicker at all.
What changed
- I recently upgraded my monitor from 27″ 2560×1440 60hz to a 40″ 3440×1440 144hz ultrawide.
- GPU is AMD RX 6700XT.
- After the upgrade, Android Studio started causing flickering.
What the flicker looks like
- The monitor does not turn off or lose signal.
- Looks more like GPU/display pipeline flickering.
- Happens only while the Android Studio build is running.
Things I’ve already tried
- Enabling / disabling AMD FreeSync.
- Capping Android Studio to 60 FPS.
- Disabling hardware acceleration.
- Changing refresh rates.
- Stress-testing the GPU (no issues at all).
My question
- Has anyone else experienced Android Studio flickering on ultrawide monitors, especially with AMD GPUs?
- Are there known fixes (Vulkan, OpenGL flags, driver settings, Windows settings, etc.)?
