Sample app uses Ganesh before calling SkGraphics::Init().

src/views/win/skia_win.cpp

Index: src/views/win/skia_win.cpp
diff --git a/src/views/win/skia_win.cpp b/src/views/win/skia_win.cpp
index fc07bd46da591d9121affeae9932ea9145d3d55b..df600d771cb93fd520bc16d6e8223ecd500e66b7 100644
--- a/src/views/win/skia_win.cpp
+++ b/src/views/win/skia_win.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <tchar.h>
 
 #include "SkApplication.h"
+#include "SkGraphics.h"
 #include "SkOSWindow_Win.h"
 
 LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ int APIENTRY _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCm
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char**argv) {
+    SkGraphics::Init();
     return main_common(GetModuleHandle(NULL), SW_SHOW, argc, argv);
 }