Android Studio Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine

Question

I have recently changed the from JDK 1.7 to 1.8 for getting the com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.0 for my app. It worked fine for a day and from the next day it was not building the app properly it's throwing this error while running the project error take a look at my gradle.properties

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m

build.gradle

buildscript {
repositories {
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    jcenter()
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 24
    buildToolsVersion "24.0.2"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "XXXXXXX"
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 23
    multiDexEnabled true
    versionCode 18
    versionName "XXXXX"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),      'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
dexOptions {
    incremental true
    javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}
}

repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile project(':mobihelp_sdk_android_v1.5.4')
compile('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.5.5@aar') {
    transitive = true;
}
compile('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics-ndk:1.1.2@aar') {
    transitive = true;
}
compile files('libs/razorpay-android-0.13.0.jar')
compile 'com.android.support:design:24.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:24.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.0'
...........
..........
}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29045129/android-java-exe-finished-with-non-zero-exit-value-1 — Amit Vaghela, Sep 15 '16 at 06:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '16 at 06:38

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this how I solved it :

go to environment variables
in system variables add :
New Variable Name: _JAVA_OPTIONS
New Variable Value: -Xmx512M

Restart Android studio

answered Sep 15 '16 at 06:38

Amr Alaa

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It worked for me but Value: -Xmx2048M had worked for me – Spiker Sep 22 '16 at 07:20
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thanx @Amr Alla – Spiker Sep 22 '16 at 07:21
you can also increase memory in gradle.properties file in Android studio by setting org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m – Azzy May 10 '17 at 11:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '16 at 06:27

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Maybe it will help you.

File -> Settings -> Compiler (Gradle-based Android Projects)

Change the "VM options" to -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m

answered Sep 15 '16 at 06:27

Cryperian

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Please give a bit of a context before making people do changes to their Java virtual machine settings inside Android Studio. – anthonymonori Sep 15 '16 at 06:28
there is no VM options in Android Studio 2.2 – Spiker Sep 15 '16 at 06:37

Vishal Chauhan · Answer 3 · 2016-09-15T07:58:56.863

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In your log...

Invalid maximum heap size: -Xmx4g

The specified size exceeds the maximum representable size.

So try to set the value of javaMaxHeapSize "1g" because it's depends on your maximum representable size which is given by your computer environment.

Or

Just remove these lines

dexOptions {
incremental true
javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}

Hope this will help you.

edited Sep 15 '16 at 07:58

answered Sep 15 '16 at 07:13

Vishal Chauhan

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Android Studio Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine

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