How can I change the ram amount that the android emulator is using?

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at the first setup, Android Studio asked me that how much ram does the emulator going to use. I entered 800M but it worked slowly. I need to make it a little bit bigger like 1.5GB. How can I do that? Is it editable after the first setup?

Possible duplicate of [Why emulator is very slow in Android Studio?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16732021/why-emulator-is-very-slow-in-android-studio) — Frederic Klein, Oct 16 '16 at 08:29

Treviño · Answer 1 · 2021-12-26T14:24:20.207

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I generated a Pixel 2 image in the past and those values were locked to match the HW default of 1536 MB, so to edit them I had to "Show on disk" (from ADV manager) and edit the hw.ramSize keys in hardware-qemu.ini and config.ini

edited Dec 26 '21 at 14:24

answered Jan 12 '21 at 14:03

Treviño

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That was what I was looking for! Thanks – Cícero Moura Feb 17 '21 at 19:58
Thanks for this solution. – Praveen Singh Aug 04 '21 at 14:13
this does the job! Thanks! – LeJexy Jun 26 '23 at 10:41
Also need to delete `hardware-qemu.ini.lock` file and let it get generated automatically by running the emulator again. – imgkl Aug 31 '23 at 22:15

Masked Man · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-15T14:13:59.890

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My answer seems to be old, so for recent versions check this answer

Go to Tools->Android->AVD Manager, there's something like pencil to edit your AVD click on that, then in the pop-up window click Show Advanced Settings and there you can change the RAM size.

edited Dec 15 '21 at 14:13

answered Oct 16 '16 at 08:30

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I was testing my app's on the virtual device instead of Note 5 that has samsung modified Android. It was running so slow. Thank you so much. – Arda Çebi Oct 16 '16 at 08:32
**`Happy Coding`** `:)` – Masked Man Oct 16 '16 at 08:35
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As I check, the RAM size and vm size are disabled for modification. – DYS Jul 28 '21 at 03:09
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That does'nt worked – Fernando Torres Dec 15 '21 at 01:48

Michel · Answer 3 · 2017-11-01T06:30:39.353

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Create a new virtual device from the AVD Manager.
Select New hardware profile(left-bottom corner) in the appearing window.
You can see an option Memory in the new secondly appeared window. Here you can change the ram size in the column RAM.

edited Nov 01 '17 at 06:30

answered Jun 24 '17 at 05:48

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The problem is already this. There is a minimum RAM setting in the emulator. I need to change this. Otherwise doing the thing you suggested with this answer is impossible. The first answer works. – Arda Çebi Jan 29 '18 at 11:40
Please note if you make a new profile you won't be able to choose a device with google play services – Fernando Torres Dec 15 '21 at 01:52

Igor Töebe · Answer 4 · 2021-03-16T03:20:35.133

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or you can create a new hardware profile, that allows you to choose the amount of ram avaliable. Also you can change the number of CPU cores in the hardware-quemu.ini and config.ini on the device files.

edited Mar 16 '21 at 03:20

answered Mar 16 '21 at 03:12

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