Android Studio Gradle project Unable to start the daemon process initialization of VM

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Version of Android Studio  Beta  0 8 4 OS version  Windows 8 Java JRE JDK version  1 8 0 11  Error Unable to start the daemon process  This problem might be caused by incorrect configuration of the daemon  For example  an unrecognized jvm option is used  Please refer to the user guide chapter on the daemon at http   gradle org docs 1 12 userguide gradle daemon html ----------------------- Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for 1048576KB object heap Java HotSpot TM  Client VM warning  ignoring option MaxPermSize 256m  support was removed in 8 0

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It has to do with how much memory is available for AS to create a VM environment for your app to populate. The thing is that ever since the update to 2.2 I've had the same problem every time I try to create a new project in AS.

How I solve it is by going into Project (on the left hand side) > Gradle Scripts > gradle.properties. When it opens the file go to the line under "(Line 10)# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process. (Line 11)# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings." You're looking for the line that starts with "org.gradle.jvmargs". This should be line 12. Change line 12 to this

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

After changing this line you can either sync the gradle with the project by clicking Try again on the notification telling you the gradle sync failed (it'll be at the top of the file you opened). Or you can simply close and restart the AS and it should sync.

Essentially what this is saying is for AS to allocate more memory to the app initialization. I know it's not a permanent fix but it should get you through actually starting your app.

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Open your project and press Ctrl   Alt   Shift   S to open Project Structure  There under JDK location check Use embedded JDK  recommended

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Start Android Studio  Close any open project Go to File   Close Project  Welcome window will open  Go to Configure   Settings  On Settings dialog select Compiler  Gradle-based Android Projects  from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m i e  write -Xmx512m under VM Options   and press OK    It mostly works for that initilize vm problem

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I had the same issue  it was because I had an existing   gradle  folder and then I ve played with the android studio version  and also with the Java jdk version    and I guess it messed things up   Solution  Remove the  gradle directory  mine s location was C  Users UserName  gradle   and restart android studio  It will automatically create a new one

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Try disabling firewall   This might be a very weird solution but I had the same problem and I m running Android 2 3 on windows 32 bit   I deleted the current app and disabled firewall  Upon creating a new project everything worked fine

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I ve just cleaned up my disk space and restart computer  That have helped me

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File- Settings- compiler- check - Compile independent modules in parallel may require larger heap size   gradle properties  org gradle jvmargs -Xmx768m  add this end of the file   it works for me   if Not  uncheck - Compile independent modules in parallel  and set org gradle jvmargs Xmx768m like above

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Do Following steps    Start Android Studio  Close any open project Go to File   Close Project  Welcome window will open  Go to Configure   Settings  On Settings dialog select Compiler  Gradle-based Android Projects  from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m i e  write -Xmx512m under VM Options   and press OK

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Different solutions may work    Delete  gradle folder from c  users username  gradle File   Settings  On Settings dialog  select Compiler  Gradle-based Android Projects  from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m  i e  write -Xmx512m under VM Options   and press OK  Close multiple applications running on your machine and clear memory space and try again

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Open Android Studio then go to gradle properties  file and change the last line to   org gradle jvmargs -Xmx1024m    then go to      File Invalidate Caches Restart    and the problem will be solved  it worked fine with me

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I had the same problem  Starting Android Studio as Administrator fixed it

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I had the same problem  what i found was that Android Developer tools doesn t work well with JDK 8  I deleted my current JDK 8 and and installed JDK 7 and worked just like that no increase of heap memory or delete of  gradle folder

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You need to add the path to environment variables  Windows  like such   Variable Name  GRADLE HOME Variable Value  path   Please check below image

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try to adding -Xmx512m in Android Studio- Settings- Compiler- VM Options   it s working thanks

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I fixed this issue by installing JDK x64  I guess you re using jdk x86 and it s not enough memory for gradle

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Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for 1572864KB object heap   To solve This Error You Have To Change Only Heap Size Which Is Define In Gradle Properties file  You Have To Change The HeapSize To 1024m And Rebuild the Project  If The Error Is Not Solved Then You Have To Close The Project And Rebuild It   For Video Tutorial See Below Link SOLVED   Unable To Start The Daemon Process In Android Studio

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The Solution Worked    1 Open the projects gradle properties  file in android studio    2 Added this line at end of file org gradle jvmargs -Xmx1024m   Save the file   3 Close   reopen the project

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Open Android Studio then go to gradle properties file and change the last line to  org gradle jvmargs -Xmx1024m   And then press try again

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For android studio 2 2 version VM option is not available directly from project structure   steps to make gradle sync successful -   1 OPEN project  2 Click on gradle script  3 open gradle properties  4 Change org gradle jvmargs -Xmx1536m to org gradle jvmargs -Xmx1024m  5 Save the work  6 Open File- Invalidate cache Restart  And its done     Enjoy Android

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In the gradle properties file  change org gradle jvmargs to -Xmx1024m   org gradle jvmargs   -Xmx1024m   -XX MaxPermSize 512m -XX  HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile encoding UTF-8

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Start Android Studio  Close any open project Go to File   Close Project  Welcome window will open  Go to Configure   Settings  On Settings dialog select Compiler  Gradle-based Android Projects  from left and set VM Options to -Xmx512m i e  write -Xmx512m under VM Options   and press OK   and then do this  Right click on My Computer and Open up your System Properties  The bit you had open before that shows your CPU RAM values     On the left sidebar  click Advanced System Settings    Click Environment Variables    Under System Variables  press New    Use the values below     Variable name   JAVA OPTIONS    Variable value  -Xmx524M then  press OK and try again  restart Android Studio

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If i can help you  you have to go in the Project Properties  and in the JDK location field check Use embedded JSD  recommended  eneable

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Just installed new version of gradle and it started working for me  I think the local instances of gradle were messed up

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Just reboot your PC  Not sure what caused this issue for me  I ve tried all the solutions here  nothing worked  Reboot helped  Windows 7   org gradle jvmargs -Xmx2048m was already there   Update   I believe it started after Update of Windows Defender Antivirus  KB915597    Approximate date of update - 2018 07 22

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I got same problem and I solved it using these steps   1 Remove your  gradle file  uuslly it in C  Users your PC name   2 then go to the environment variable and add these to the system variable as a new variable   Variable name    JAVA OPTIONS  Variable value  -Xmx524m  3 go to your project folder and run these command     ionic cordova platform add android   4 Above command create platform folder in your project path  5 then run this command     ionic cordova build android

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Try adding -Xmx512m in Android Studio- gt Settings- gt Compiler- gt VM Options as in below image    Reason for this issue could be  Grade s build daemon   forked process   is invoked with maximum Java heap size as platform default value  On a 32 bit  Windows this system this could be as high as 1GB  We get this error message  if that much default  heap size cannot be allocated to the build deamon  So use the -Xmx option to set a lower heap size  It is not necessary to stick to -Xmx lt size gt  with size as 512m  In my Win 32bit  4GB RAM machine  -Xmx768m was also good enough

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Happened to me because i was running a virtual machine at the same time  the ram was already allocated to that so android studio couldn t take up any ram  switching off virtual box and restarting did the trick for me

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I think if your environment just got messed up because of some VCS merging or commit errors  which is my case  i would suggest you just re-import your porject and add it to the root of your VCS to restore the project  If you use a VCS like git  or subversion  you ll simply have to add your project to the root of the given repo and everything should be back to normal  This worked for me though

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My case is a bit special which VM option is not avaibale  I use x86 windows 7 system  my way of solving this problem is by doing following procedures    File - Setting    In  Build  Execution  Deployment  select  Gradle  choose  Use default gradle wrapper  recommended   in  Project-level settings    After restart Android Studio problem fixed

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Guys in some PC s this issue is caused by antivirus programs AFTER upgrading to the latest android studio and gradle version  In my case I tore my system apart troubleshooting everything only to find out that Commodo Internet security was responsible for not letting the gradle daemon run   After safelisting the process everything runs smoothly  PLEASE NOTE that everything was OK before updating  The issue came up only after the update without changing anything in the antivirus firewall program

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Simply you could change the gradle properties   i have given the sample below

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I had the same issue   i just remove  gradle file and restart android studio  it automatically download latest version and it works perfect

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Believe it or not  I just encountered this sudden problem after performing a Windows Update on Windows 10  Somehow  that update messed up my existing Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit program  and ultimately caused Android Studio to be unable to invoke the JVM  I couldn t even open cmd exe     Solution was to remove the Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit program  this may be fixed in the future

[java] Android Studio Gradle project "Unable to start the daemon process /initialization of VM"

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