diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index b8c7093233..7e450a1267 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
     </application>
-
-</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <!-- Tell the system this app requires OpenGL ES 2.0. -->
+    <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true" />
+</manifest>
diff --git a/android/bin/classes/com/retroarch/MainActivity.class b/android/bin/classes/com/retroarch/MainActivity.class
index 45b23bfee9..377b626eae 100644
Binary files a/android/bin/classes/com/retroarch/MainActivity.class and b/android/bin/classes/com/retroarch/MainActivity.class differ
diff --git a/android/src/com/retroarch/MainActivity.java b/android/src/com/retroarch/MainActivity.java
index c9364e2ea9..aae2172216 100644
--- a/android/src/com/retroarch/MainActivity.java
+++ b/android/src/com/retroarch/MainActivity.java
@@ -1,13 +1,44 @@
 package com.retroarch;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.opengl.GLSurfaceView;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 
-public class MainActivity extends Activity {
-    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
+public class MainActivity extends Activity
+{
+	private GLSurfaceView ctx_gl;
+	
     @Override
-    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
+    {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-        setContentView(R.layout.main);
+        
+        ctx_gl = new rgl_context(this);
+        setContentView(ctx_gl);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected void onPause()
+    {
+    	super.onPause();
+    	ctx_gl.onPause();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected void onResume()
+    {
+    	super.onResume();
+    	ctx_gl.onResume();
+    }
+}
+
+class rgl_context extends GLSurfaceView
+{
+	public rgl_context(Context context)
+	{
+		super(context);
+		setEGLContextClientVersion(2);
+		setRenderer(new rgl());
+	}
 }
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diff --git a/android/src/com/retroarch/rgl.java b/android/src/com/retroarch/rgl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c71ca21fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/com/retroarch/rgl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package com.retroarch;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+
+import javax.microedition.khronos.egl.EGLConfig;
+import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10;
+
+import android.opengl.GLES20;
+import android.opengl.GLSurfaceView;
+
+public class rgl implements GLSurfaceView.Renderer
+{
+	private int cprg;
+	private int v_position_handle;
+	private FloatBuffer triangle_vbo;
+	
+	private void triangles_init()
+	{
+		float triangle_coords[] = {
+				// X, Y, Z
+				-0.5f, -0.25f, 0,
+				0.5f,  -0.25f, 0,
+				0.0f,  0.559016994f, 0
+		};
+		
+		ByteBuffer vbb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(triangle_coords.length * 4);
+		vbb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+		triangle_vbo = vbb.asFloatBuffer();
+		triangle_vbo.put(triangle_coords);
+		triangle_vbo.position(0);
+	}
+	
+	private void shader_init()
+	{
+	    final String vprg = 
+	            "attribute vec4 vPosition; \n" +
+	            "void main(){              \n" +
+	            " gl_Position = vPosition; \n" +
+	            "}                         \n";
+	    final String fprg = 
+	            "precision mediump float;  \n" +
+	            "void main(){              \n" +
+	            " gl_FragColor = vec4 (0.63671875, 0.76953125, 0.22265625, 1.0); \n" +
+	            "}                         \n";
+	    
+	    int vertex_shader, fragment_shader;
+	    
+	    vertex_shader = GLES20.glCreateShader(GLES20.GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
+	    
+	    GLES20.glShaderSource(vertex_shader, vprg);
+	    GLES20.glCompileShader(vertex_shader);
+	    
+	    fragment_shader = GLES20.glCreateShader(GLES20.GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
+	    
+	    GLES20.glShaderSource(fragment_shader,  fprg);
+	    GLES20.glCompileShader(fragment_shader);
+	    
+	    cprg = GLES20.glCreateProgram();
+	    GLES20.glAttachShader(cprg,  vertex_shader);
+	    GLES20.glAttachShader(cprg, fragment_shader);
+	    GLES20.glLinkProgram(cprg);
+	    
+	    //get handle to the vertex shader's vPosition member
+	    v_position_handle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(cprg, "vPosition");
+;	}
+	
+	public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 unused, EGLConfig config)
+	{
+       //background color
+       GLES20.glClearColor(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f);
+       
+       triangles_init();
+       shader_init();
+	}
+	
+	public void onDrawFrame(GL10 unused)
+	{
+       GLES20.glClear(GLES20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+       
+       GLES20.glUseProgram(cprg);
+       
+       // Triangle
+       GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(v_position_handle, 3, GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false, 12, triangle_vbo);
+       GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(v_position_handle);
+      
+       GLES20.glDrawArrays(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
+	}
+	
+	public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 unused, int width, int height)
+	{
+       GLES20.glViewport(0,  0, width, height);
+	}
+}