java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded on Android 1.4

Question

I get an java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded when run gradle on Android 1.4 ... these are my depedencies :

dependencies {
    compile project(':android-crop')
    compile project(':RTEditor-Toolbar')

        compile files('libs/apache-mime4j-0.6.jar')
        compile files('libs/httpmime-4.1.3.jar')
    /*    compile files('libs/httpcore-4.4.1.jar')*/
    compile files('libs/jetbrains-annotations.jar')
    compile files('libs/pinchzoom.jar')
    compile files('libs/gcm.jar')
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.8.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:22.2.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:22.2.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.1'
    //three party library
    compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
    compile 'com.mcxiaoke.volley:library:1.0.18'
    compile 'com.vinaysshenoy:mugen:1.0.1'
    compile 'com.github.clans:fab:1.5.5'
    compile 'com.nineoldandroids:library:2.4.0'
    compile 'com.github.curioustechizen.android-ago:library:1.3.0'
    compile 'com.squareup.okio:okio:1.5.0'
    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.4.0'
    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.4.0'
    compile('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.5.1@aar') {
        transitive = true;
    }

How can this be fixed?

Answer 1

Add this to your android closure(build gradle):

 dexOptions {         javaMaxHeapSize "4g"  } 

This will solve your problem. Still, if you face problem see the following link

GC overhead limit exceeded error

Answer 2

This is what I suggest:

Add this to your "gradle.properties" file:

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError 

Also, read this article. You might be able to make the building a bit faster, by adding a combination of those:

org.gradle.daemon=true org.gradle.parallel=true org.gradle.configureondemand=true 

Answer 3

In my case, OutOfMemoryError is come from this error. Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 busy and 6 stopped Daemons could not be reused, use --status for details

To solve this. I use ./gradlew --stop or ./gradle --stop. If still not solved which mean the gradle process is lock (this happen after OutOfMemoryError).

Go to /users/[username]/.gradle/daemon (hidden) folder.

You will see each built gradle version folder like 3.2 3.3 4.0.1 4.1 4.10.1 4.10.2 4.4 4.6 5.4.1 5.5

Go into these folders and remove the file named

registry.bin

registry.bin.lock

For me, I remove all these folders.

Then rebuild you app. Should be work now.

Answer 4

This worked for me !! Just add the following lines into "gradle.properties" file

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
org.gradle.daemon=true
org.gradle.parallel=true
org.gradle.configureondemand=true