Resolving problems with Android Studio freezing constantly

Question

I have 8GB of RAM and 500GB hard disk but when I am using Android Studio it still freezes so much that I am unable to do my work. I have reinstalled the software without any improvement. I also formatted my system and reinstalled Android Studio again but nothing works. Can anyone tell me what can be a possible solution to this?

Halfslip

which processor your system have? – Confine

which proccy? I think you need atleast i5 or equivalent – Oppilate

see this link you got idea about system recommendation for android studio developer.android.com/studio/… – Confine

I am having i3 processor with 1.7 GHz – Halfslip

1.7Ghz? using a laptop? – Oppilate

yes I am using a laptop.From the last 2 days it is not working properly .Earlier it use to work properly – Halfslip

i do not think you can get more performance out of it, i myself use a 2.0ghz i3 with 12gb ram and still it lags, – Oppilate

although there are few steps you can take to make it a little bit faster – Oppilate

like what steps ??? – Halfslip

it used to work alright, but not since 2 days ago? what did you do to your comp 2 days ago? you may need to clean your comp from errors or malware. – Oilstone

There are no malware or virus .Because my whole system is working properly .Only android studio is not working – Halfslip

1. "tools.android.com/tech-docs/configuration" change -Xmx4096m 2. disable vcs 3. disable instant run if you test on multiple devices 4. use dex in process medium.com/google-developers/… 5. last try invalidating studio cache – Oppilate

In my case my custom view call itself, this infinity cycle lead to freezing – Wayfarer

This problem is still occurring in 2021 and needs to be resolved. It is happening to me on an i9-10990k with 32g RAM and M2 1TB SSD with lots of space. The whole IDE hangs when this occurs. If Android Studio was properly implemented, it would at MOST hang one thread, and not the entire IDE so that menus cannot be clicked/characters cannot be typed. Seems like a threading/deadlock/priority inversion issue in Android Studio. How do we go about reporting this properly so it is fixed once and for all? @user7856586, that should only hang your app, not the IDE if Android Studio worked as it should – Nunnery

@Nunnery Have you found a solution? Android Studio sometimes becomes unusable due to this issue on my PC with 48GB RAM and 1TB M2 SSD. – Externalization

@Externalization yes and no. I mostly work in VSCode now and have given up on Android Studio unless I really need to use it. I try to avoid it since it is so unstable. – Nunnery

Answer 1

In android studio application package content, edit studio.vmoptions file and increase "-Xms" and "-Xmx" parameters like

-Xms1024m
-Xmx4096m

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UPDATE

I figured out that idea is getting error while writing or reading cache (from idea.log)

WARN - .caches.project.IdeaModuleInfo - Could not find correct module information. Reason: Analyzing element of type class com.android.tools.idea.databinding.LightGeneratedComponentClass with no containing file Text: null

Every time when android studio freezes, I delete .idea/caches/ in project folder so it fixes freeze problem temporary

Tramway

Deleting the caches folder did it for me. Would be nice if code analysis didn't lock up 10 times a day. – Door

Of course, deleting caches only works ONCE. Then code analysis simply freezes again in another 5 minutes, with nothing left to delete. – Door

Answer 2

in my case, noticed that the number of "Recent hangs" of Android Studio was constantly increasing, and unplugged the USB cable which connected an Android phone for debugging did solve my problem.

Transience

Answer 3

Clean the cache via this menu:

File -> Invalidate Caches/Restart

and then it should work properly.

Mummer

@Meriam what is the problem exactly? What is your operation system? please tell the details. – Mummer

this is what I did before th instance that crushed – Varrian

Answer 4

This method worked for me after trying many other methods.

1. Update Android SDK tools and latest SDK platform.

2. Remove the Android Studio cache folder situated in C:\users\username\.AndroidStudioPreview2.0

3. Run Android Studio again.

Manville

Answer 5

In my case I have been connecting my phone through a VERY long USB extension cable.

Reconnecting device with a short cable solved the issue.

Lariat

Answer 6

I often switch on "Safe Mode". It disables Syntax check and Inspections, but reduces AS freezing while typing.

Linson

Answer 7

IMPORTANT

I notice after I completed the below steps everything worked fine. But after I did a git commit and changed the project folder name, Android Studio froze again. To fix the issue I had to do only step 2 all over again.

I had to do 3 steps (seperately):

1. When Android Studio first opens, I selected Android Studio then Check for Updates

2. When Android Studio first opens, I selected File > Invalidate Caches. In the Invalidate Caches popup tik both Clear file system cache and Local History and Clear VCS Log caches and indexes then select Invalidate and Restart

3. To build on Enes answer to increase the size to 4096, when the Android Studio first opens, on the Welcome screen, select More Actions > SDK Manager. On the next screen, in the left panel, select Memory Settings and then on the right panel change the IDE Max heap size to 4096 MB then select OK at the bottom.

Bohol