Ionic 3 Error occurred during initialization of VM

Question

I am trying to deploy my freshly created Ionic 3 app (I am using 64-bit Windows 10) on my mobile but it is throwing error after running ionic cordova run android --device:

> cordova build android
ANDROID_HOME=D:\android-sdk\tools\bin
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_161
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for 2097152KB object heap
Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1

[ERROR] An error occurred while running cordova build android (exit code 1).

I have installed Android studio. I have added a system variable _ JAVA_OPTIONS with value -Xmx512M I have also added a system variable GRADLE_OPTS with value -Xmx2048M

Otherwise I have:

ANDROID_HOME=D:\android-sdk\tools\bin
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_161

Why is this error still occurring?

I want to install the app on my mobile, I am running these commands from command prompt — Thinker, Apr 16 '18 at 16:49
Have you tried to increase the memory for the JVM as described [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/41232909/5730444)? — Phonolog, Apr 16 '18 at 17:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 16 '18 at 17:49

Here is how to fix it on a Windows platform:

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced(tab) -> Environment Variables -> System Variables -> New:
Variable name: _JAVA_OPTIONS
Variable value: -Xmx512M

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Ionic 3 Error occurred during initialization of VM

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