So I've been using Android Studio 4.2 on my mac with no issue for quite some time, however today while in the middle of working on an app it froze for about 20 minutes until eventually I force quit it. Everytime i try reopening it it is immediatley frozen and shows this error:
My activity monitor also reports that it is using 950% of my CPU (I only have 6 cores). I have tried increasing the memory of Xmx like it says quite high, my system has 32gb of DDR4 so it should be fine but no change i make seems to actually do anything and the application just remains frozen.
Anyone have a similar issue or ideas of how to fix it?
Introduction:
This is the documentation that contains more specific details.
In your case use WAY1 of 2 ways to get to the configuration file.
WAY 1 - Reaching file through Directory + Documentation:
macOS
Syntax: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/<product><version>
Example: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudio4.1
Windows
Syntax: %APPDATA%\Google\<product><version>
Example: C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Google\AndroidStudio4.1
Linux
Syntax: ~/.config/Google/<product><version>
Example: ~/.config/Google/AndroidStudio4.1
For Android Studio versions 4.0 and lower, configuration files are located in the following locations:
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.CONFIGURATION_FOLDER
macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/CONFIGURATION_FOLDER
Linux: ~/.CONFIGURATION_FOLDER
There should be a studio64.exe.vmoptions file, you also can reach through the steps below.
WAY 2 - Reaching file in Android Studio:
You can create/edit this file by accessing "Edit Custom VM Options" from the "Help" menu at the top section.
General Settings for memory:
For quick access to increase your "Maximum heap size" I write this steps for better overview:
Click File > Settings from the menu bar (or Android Studio > Preferences on macOS).
Click Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Memory Settings.
Adjust the heap sizes to match your desired amounts.
Click Apply.
Note: If you changed the heap size for the IDE, you must restart Android Studio before the new memory settings are applied.
After you reached the file studio64.exe.vmoptions:
Edit it in Android Studio (1. Headline) or right click it and "Edit" with Notepad or Textdocument. Now the studio64.exe.vmoptions should contain following line of codes:
-Xms128m
-Xmx4096m
-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m
-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=200m
-XX:+UseCompressedOops
Xmx specifies the maximum memory allocation pool for a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), while Xms specifies the initial memory allocation pool. Your JVM will be started with Xms amount of memory and will be able to use a maximum of Xmx amount of memory.
Save the studio64.exe.vmoptions file and restart Android Studio.
Restart IDE and clear your Cache:
Since Android Studio is based on IntelliJ, the option should be in the same place. It's a feature you would seldom use unless your file caches went ballistic (and that can happen every now and then).
Under File > Invalidate Caches/Restart, you'll find an option that lets you either invalidate the caches (and you'll have to rebuild indexes again), or just restart the IDE.
What in this specific case helped:
#Quinn did a reinstallation because he had no access inside android studio. That fixed the cache issue of course also.
I used to have only the stable version of AS installed (AS 4.0), and occasionally it wouldn't start. It would show it's loading screen, but then that's it. If I hover over the AS icon in the status bar, it shows a blank (white) screen. It will however present the 'tips' window. I had to uninstall/reinstall it, which sometimes took several tries until successful. This would fix the problem, but is not a solution.
Now I have the preview beta installed side by side (AS 4.1-beta4), and it is that version that occasionally has problems starting, and the stable version has interestingly become, well, stable.
I have my JAVA_HOME environment variable as: C:\Program Files\Android\android-studio\jre\bin and added a second one just now just in case: C:\Program Files\Android\android-studio-preview\android-studio\jre\bin
I had a JDK_HOME variable as well, but deleted it after I read it was redundant. It didn't change anything. I'm using Windows 10
Update:
I now notice this problem occurs only when a specific project wasn't closed properly due to the computer's battery running out or a Windows crash. Should I delete one of the folders or files in order to 'reset' the project for a clean Android Studio build?
If Your operating system is Windows then try to change JDK (Sun, OpenJDK) etc. and for other operating system download stable version with jdk and create desktop icon permanently don't run from terminal.
You could be running into a Java running out of memory while AS loads. To change the available memory that AS can allocate, perform the following steps:
Open AS successfully
From the main menu, select Help | Change Memory Settings
Increase the maximum amount of memory that you want to allocate (try doubling it) and then click Save and restart.
This should rule out any JVM heap issues
Deleting the .idea folder caused Android Studio to rebuild the project and open correctly.
I'm trying to run a hello world flutter app for the first time on my device, but when I hit run on android studio, it shows initilizing gradle, and it stays like that for more than 20 minutes with no logging or error, I have an intel i5 as a CPU and I'm running it on Linux (dual boot, my download speed is quite slow (200 kb/s average download rate), in case this help
I installed the Flutter SDK and when I try adb devices on my machine it shows my device connected .
So why it's taking that time to run ? (until now it didn't run yet)
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/15106
Please note riftninja's answer.
I look at this directory: C:\Users\myname.gradle\wrapper\dists
Yes, the gradle file is really big: 87M. You have to wait for a long time.
After this will be "Resolving dependencies....", which also slowly.
But finally it succeed.
I've faced the same problem, and my internet is currently very slow, so I solved it by changing the gradle in flutter project to an already downloaded one. Just follow these steps:
Go to C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\.gradle\wrapper\dists
You should find one or more folders with the name of the distribution (for example with the name "gradle-4.6-all" if you were developing in Android Studio previously), choose one of these folders (make sure it is not empty) and copy its name.
Open Android Studio project explorer, and locate android\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties
You will find a line like this:
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
Change gradle-5.4.1-all with the folder name you copied in step 2.
Run your app, and hopefully it works this time.
When running flutter project first time even correct configuration it takes very long time.
That is because of downloading gradel and dependencies for particular version.If you ar noob Wait it to complete automatically till all files get downloaded. By using command:
flutter run <project-name> -v you can see whats happening in background.
To Manually downloading gradle zip and put to suitable directory. Go in Project Dir:
/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties and click on url and download it.
After Downloading it visit to :/Users//.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-4.10.2-all/9fahxiiecdb76a5g3aw9oi8rv your version path may vary
and paste downloaded zip inside it.
For Dependencies to download you need to wait depending on Internet speed.
It is one time process until next updated version and dependencies come UP.
Providing an active internet connection worked for me.
To build gradle offline,
For Windows,
Go to File -> Settings.
And open the 'Build,Execution,Deployment'. Then open the
Build Tools -> Gradle
Then check the box -> Offline work below.
Click the OK button.
For Mac OS,
go to Android Studio -> Preferences, and the rest is the same.
Goto Android Studio - File - Other Setting - Default Project Structure
Uncheck use Embeded JDk
Below, set your JDK path.
Found in Program files - Java - Jdk.
try to making use of flutter run -v which will basically giving the info which is running in background.
The problem is that Gardle is downloading dependencies and not using any way to show progress(This is NOT good for UX), so it is better to run gradlew.bat in the terminal and things will become more clear, like this:
Now it is much better, You can have a cup of coffee while watching it ;)
Version of Android Studio (Beta) 0.8.4
OS version: Windows 8
Java JRE/JDK version: 1.8.0_11
Error:Unable to start the daemon process.
This problem might be caused by incorrect configuration of the daemon.
For example, an unrecognized jvm option is used.
Please refer to the user guide chapter on the daemon at http://gradle.org/docs/1.12/userguide/gradle_daemon.html
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Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for 1048576KB object heap
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m; support was removed in 8.0
The Solution Worked:
1.Open the projects gradle.properties file in android studio
2.Added this line at end of file org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m & Save the file
3.Close & reopen the project or just Clean and re-Build it
Do Following steps:
Start Android Studio.
Close any open project.Go to File > Close Project.(Welcome window will open)
Go to Configure > Settings.
On Settings dialog,select Compiler (Gradle-based Android
Projects) from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m(i.e. write -Xmx512m
under VM Options:) and press OK.
I had the same issue, it was because I had an existing ".gradle" folder and then I've played with the android studio version (and also with the Java jdk version) , and I guess it messed things up.
Solution: Remove the .gradle directory (mine's location was C:\Users\UserName\.gradle), and restart android studio. It will automatically create a new one.
For android studio 2.2 version VM option is not available directly from project structure.
steps to make gradle sync successful:->
1)OPEN project
2)Click on gradle script
3)open gradle.properties
4)Change org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m to org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m
5)Save the work
6)Open File->Invalidate cache/Restart
And its done!!!
Enjoy Android!!!
Open your project and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S to open Project Structure. There under JDK location check Use embedded JDK (recommended).
Just reboot your PC
Not sure what caused this issue for me, I've tried all the solutions here, nothing worked.
Reboot helped, Windows 7.
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m was already there.
Update:
I believe it started after Update of Windows Defender Antivirus (KB915597)
Approximate date of update - 2018.07.22
It has to do with how much memory is available for AS to create a VM environment for your app to populate. The thing is that ever since the update to 2.2 I've had the same problem every time I try to create a new project in AS.
How I solve it is by going into Project (on the left hand side) > Gradle Scripts > gradle.properties. When it opens the file go to the line under "(Line 10)# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process. (Line 11)# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings." You're looking for the line that starts with "org.gradle.jvmargs". This should be line 12. Change line 12 to this
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
After changing this line you can either sync the gradle with the project by clicking Try again on the notification telling you the gradle sync failed (it'll be at the top of the file you opened). Or you can simply close and restart the AS and it should sync.
Essentially what this is saying is for AS to allocate more memory to the app initialization. I know it's not a permanent fix but it should get you through actually starting your app.
I had the same problem. Starting Android Studio as Administrator fixed it.
Open Android Studio then go to gradle.properties file and change the last line to
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m.
And then press try again
Open Android Studio then go to gradle.properties file and change the last line to
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m.
then go to
File>Invalidate Caches/Restart.
and the problem will be solved, it worked fine with me.
the heap-size was already set in project and also android studio.
still, had this issue.
this issue is related to memory size.
here is what solved my issue:
open "task management" in windows(ctrl + shift + esc)
check, whether any program is eating memory.
please scroll down
(first time i just saw according to descending order of memory usage. but scrolled after trying other options and realised, "openjdk platform binary" consumed around 50mb but was running around more than 50 instances.)
end all the instances and check whether it solves the issue.
if "yes", update java so that, starting all these multiple instance entries are wiped out of registry.
if "no", try following:
additional solutions (if heap-size was already set):
uninstall any lastly (recently) installed plugin.
if you want the plugin (search for plugin related issue).
File>Invalidate caches / restart...
update gradle.
uninstall android studio and install a fresh new one (after File>Manage IDE settings>Export to ZIP files).
In some PC's this issue is caused by antivirus programs AFTER upgrading to the latest android studio and gradle version.
In my case I tore my system apart troubleshooting everything only to find out that Commodo Internet security was responsible for not letting the gradle daemon run.
After safelisting the process everything runs smoothly.
PLEASE NOTE that everything was OK before updating. The issue came up only after the update without changing anything in the antivirus/firewall program.
I had the same issue , i just remove .gradle file and restart android studio, it automatically download latest version and it works perfect.....
Try adding -Xmx512m in Android Studio->Settings->Compiler->VM Options as in below image.
Reason for this issue could be: Grade's build daemon ( forked process ) is invoked with maximum Java heap size as platform default value. On a 32 bit Windows this system this could be as high as 1GB. We get this error message, if that much(default) heap size cannot be allocated to the build deamon. So use the -Xmx option to set a lower heap size. It is not necessary to stick to -Xmx<size> with size as 512m. In my Win 32bit, 4GB RAM machine, -Xmx768m was also good enough.
I had the same problem, what i found was that Android Developer tools doesn't work well with JDK 8.
I deleted my current JDK 8 and and installed JDK 7 and worked just like that no increase of heap memory or delete of .gradle folder.
Believe it or not, I just encountered this sudden problem after performing a Windows Update on Windows 10. Somehow, that update messed up my existing Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit program, and ultimately caused Android Studio to be unable to invoke the JVM (I couldn't even open cmd.exe!).
Solution was to remove the Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit program (this may be fixed in the future).
I got same problem and I solved it using these steps.
1)Remove your .gradle file.(uuslly it in C:\Users{your_PC_name}
2)then go to the environment variable and add these to the system variable(as a new variable)
Variable name : _JAVA_OPTIONS
Variable value: -Xmx524m
3)go to your project folder and run these command
ionic cordova platform add android
4)Above command create platform folder in your project path
5)then run this command
ionic cordova build android
I've just cleaned up my disk space and restart computer. That have helped me.
Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for 1572864KB object heap.
To solve this error you have to change only heap size which is defined in Gradle.Properties file. You have to change the heapsize to 1024m and rebuild the project.
If the error is not solved, you have to close the project and rebuild it.
For Video Tutorial: Unable To Start The Daemon Process In Android Studio
Different solutions may work
Delete .gradle folder from c:\users\username\.gradle
File > Settings.
On Settings dialog, select Compiler (Gradle-based Android Projects) from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m (i.e. write -Xmx512m under VM Options:) and press OK.
Close multiple applications running on your machine and clear memory space and try again
Start Android Studio.
Close any open project.Go to File > Close Project.(Welcome window will open)
Go to Configure > Settings.
On Settings dialog,select Compiler (Gradle-based Android Projects) from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m(i.e. write -Xmx512m under VM Options:) and press OK.
It mostly works for that initilize vm problem.
Start Android Studio.
Close any open project.Go to File > Close Project.(Welcome window will open)
Go to Configure > Settings.
On Settings dialog,select Compiler (Gradle-based Android Projects) from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m(i.e. write -Xmx512m under VM Options:) and press OK.
and then do this
Right click on My Computer and Open up your System Properties (The bit you had open before that shows your CPU/RAM values) >> On the left sidebar, click Advanced System Settings >> Click Environment Variables >> Under System Variables, press New >> Use the values below: // Variable name: _JAVA_OPTIONS // Variable value: -Xmx524M then, press OK and try again. restart Android Studio
Try disabling firewall.
This might be a very weird solution but I had the same problem and I'm running Android 2.3 on windows 32 bit . I deleted the current app and disabled firewall. Upon creating a new project everything worked fine.
If i can help you, you have to go in the Project Properties, and in the JDK location field check Use embedded JSD (recommended) eneable.
You need to add the path to environment variables (Windows) like such:
Variable Name: GRADLE_HOME
Variable Value: path
Please check below image:
try to adding -Xmx512m in Android Studio->Settings->Compiler->VM Options , it's working thanks..
In the gradle.properties file, change org.gradle.jvmargs to -Xmx1024m:
org.gradle.jvmargs=**-Xmx1024m** -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
My case is a bit special which VM option is not avaibale. I use x86 windows 7 system, my way of solving this problem is by doing following procedures:
File - Setting...
In "Build, Execution, Deployment" select "Gradle"
choose "Use default gradle wrapper (recommended)" in "Project-level settings"
After restart Android Studio problem fixed!
I think if your environment just got messed up because of some VCS merging or commit errors, which is my case, i would suggest you just re-import your porject and add it to the root of your VCS to restore the project. If you use a VCS like git or subversion, you'll simply have to add your project to the root of the given repo and everything should be back to normal.
This worked for me though.
I fixed this issue by installing JDK x64. I guess you're using jdk x86 and it's not enough memory for gradle.
I just want to ask "How can I speed up my Android Studio?". Though I do own:
Dell Inspiron 15R
12GB of RAM Core i7 (N5537),
these specs may look cool but still I am unable to working on Android Studio in Peace. As my Android Studio takes a lot of time when I reboot my machine and start the Android studio, its indexing process is way too long, the gradle build process is also way too laggy!
Even whenever I try to run my app on any device say on Virtual Device or any other real device it takes a lot of time, to switch between .java to .xml files is also way too long! For the most of times the Android Studio also stuck and hangs on different events especially on Gradle Build or refreshing the project and indexing the project files!
For the above issue, I have done some work around to speed up my Android Studio. In other words the results are just boosted my Android Studio!
Step 1 Increase Windows Virtual Memory
Goto Computer, Right Click and Choose Properties
Select Advanced System Settings
Select Performance Settings
Select the Advanced tab, and click the Change button on Virtual Memory Section
Uncheck the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives
Choose your desired drive to use as a Virtual Memory Part
Check the Custom Size Radio Box
Insert the Inital Size (MBs), this step is important! For me I have about 150GBs free in my C Drive so I set the initial size to 40GB!
Set the Maximum Size (MBs), I have set it to 50GB because have a lot of free space!
Click Set, then Ok
Step 2 Edit Custom VM Options in Android Studio
Start Android Studio
Click Help
Select Edit Custom VM Options
Click Yes to the Next dialog (If file didn't exists already it will prompt you to create one)
Add these Lines to that Opened File:
# custom Android Studio VM options, see http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/configuration
-Xms1024m
-Xmx4096m *****INCREASE THIS TO MAXIMUM OF YOUR RAM
-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m
-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=1024m
-XX:+UseCompressedOops
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
(You Should increase these values to the maximum of your machine resource, the above is for my own machine settings)
Step 3
Simply Invalidate Caches and Restart Your Android Studio
Don't forget to edit your startup programs and service, you have to disable all junk/useless or non important services at the startup and reboot! (This step is also very important)
Give your machine a Reboot
For me these all steps are a great workaround, so you should give them a try
Please Note that you should set all the said values according to your machine hardware and software resources
Thanks
Config + SSD made a huge difference!
Tweaking Paging Size, Clearing Temp Files and Cache do help but you wouldn't not have taken time to post here for saving a few seconds.
For marginal performance boost, We upgraded the machine and it's worth it.
Machine Specs: Alienware-i7 7820HK|16GB RAM|256GB PCie SSD|1TB HDD
Software Config: Android Studio in SSD|SDK in HDD|Project Folder in HDD
Clock Time to load Android Studio: 9s
Clock Time to create a new empty project: 20s till Gradle Build Finished
Clock Time to open an empty project: Less than 5s till Gradle Build Finished
Clock Time to open Android Studio; create a new empty project: 40s till Gradle Build Finished
If you could keep track and manage Android SDK properly, and predominantly use AS alone, we recommend an All-in-SSD approach.
Regards.
What SO are you using? I'm using the same version of Android Studio on an Acer with Windows 10, 8gb of RAM and i5-7200U, and I'm not facing these problems. Try to defrag your disk, or use a SSD, it helps a lot.
To prevent the excessive "Indexing..." when launching Android Studio (with multiple projects open), you can switch on File -> "Power Save Mode". This makes it start up much faster. It also saves a lot of CPU in general, for example when typing code. You can switch it back on when you need the live inspections.
More info: https://jwhh.com/2013/06/07/android-studio-power-save-mode/