Error:Android Gradle Build Target: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

[Hugh Smith]

I'm using Android Studio 1.4

I've followed the documentation to add a separate studio.vmoptions  setting --Xmx4096m

I can't get it to work.

I've tried restarting Android Studio.

That didn't work.

I've put the studio.vmoptions in the ~/Library/Preferences/Android Studio<pick your version>  folder  (everything from Preview 1.3 to 1.4)

again with a AS restart.

That didn't work.

I've created an created an environment variable  export STUDIO_VM_OPTIONS=/Users/hsmith/mySpecialPath/studio.vmoptions

again with a restart

That didn't work.

I even tried adding this to my build.gradle

dexOptions {
    javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}

still no luck.

The build seems to be successful.  It's when I ask it to run a native debug session that I get this error.  

I can run gradle assembledebug from the terminal command and get a successful build.  

We're struggling with trying to migrate our tool chain for our large, mostly native c/c++ android application from a command line ndk-build / ant debug / ndk-gdb command line debugging, based strategy

to Android Studio. I'm not sure the tool is ready for us but we really want to continue the pilgrimage to get it working.  I've got lot's of questions but this is the current road block.

any help is appreciated.

Thanks 

Hugh

[Greg Macdonald]

I am seeing the same problem in AS 1.3 after changing buildToolsVersion from 22.0.1 to 23.0.0

UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL ERROR:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded
    at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.register(Finalizer.java:87)
    at java.lang.Object.<init>(Object.java:37)
    at java.io.InputStream.<init>(InputStream.java:45)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile$ZipFileInputStream.<init>(ZipFile.java:659)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.getInputStream(ZipFile.java:356)
    at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processArchive(ClassPathOpener.java:270)
    at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processOne(ClassPathOpener.java:166)
    at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.process(ClassPathOpener.java:144)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processOne(Main.java:672)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processAllFiles(Main.java:569)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMultiDex(Main.java:366)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:275)
    at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:245)
    at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:106)
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dex<Flavor>Debug'.
> com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_75.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 3

[Greg Macdonald]

I have also not been able to find a solution by configuring memory. Our project is not really large, but the two things about our project that may be contributing to this is we are using NDK and MultiDex.  Perhaps one of them is a factor.