Unrecognized VM option 'MaxPermSize=512m' Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit

Question

I updated my IDE to Android Studio Arctic Fox version and was facing this issue when I tried to sync gradle after the upgrade was complete:

"Unrecognized VM option 'MaxPermSize=512m' Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit."

I checked my java version, which was Java 17. I deleted my .gradle directory which didn't help. Reversed the gradle.properties changes made by the update. It didn't work either. I looked for maxPermSize value in my vm.studiooptions file. It wasn't there as suggested in some stackoverflow already asked questions.

Sharing the fix for this below.

Nerland

Answer 1

After a few hours of looking up for solutions for this online and trying different things.

This worked for me:

File -> Project Structure -> SDK Location -> Last line "JDK location was moved to Gradle settings. I clicked on this -> Gradle JDK -> Embedded JDK

Nerland

this doesnt seem to work for me on a mac, Im getting this error in cmd when trying to run an existing react native project. – Demetri

what worked for me was the java-sdk version, which I changed and everything works fine, for newer versions of java this is not supported, openjdk version "1.8.0_345" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_345-bre_2022_08_04_23_35-b00) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.345-b00, mixed mode) – Demetri

Answer 2

In JDK 17 -XX:MaxPermSize=size java option has been removed, use -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize instead.

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/specs/man/java.html#removed-java-options

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Dear bot, his answer is good enough and solved my problem. but not to upset you i can say that the relevant file is gradle.properties – Balikpapan

Answer 3

In your Android studio go to File--> settings-->(Build, Execution, Deployment)--->Build Tools---> Gradle.
Inside Gradle settings choose Embedded JDK.

Here's a screenshort

Propraetor

Answer 4

What fixed this for me was changing the JAVA_HOME environment variable on my computer from a JDK 17 version to a JDK 11 version.

I was running some commands that were using my computer's Java environment which was JDK 17 and my project did not support JDK 17.

Oppidan