Build failed Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

Question

after upgrading to Android Studio 3.4 and also with Anroid 3.4.1 i am facing an error when I try to build APK (normal run works) : Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded I tried all the suggested changes to gradle-properties withuot success. It soccurs on task app:transformClassesAndResourcesWithR8ForRelease Any help would be appreciated :-)

What are the specifications of your system? – raxerz May 24 '19 at 20:14 — raxerz, May 24 '19 at 20:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '19 at 18:25

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Maybe you need to increase heap size. Like said here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25013822/6041024

dexOptions {
    javaMaxHeapSize "2g"
}

answered May 24 '19 at 18:25

Robert M.

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Hello, I tried almost everything and nothing seems to work :-( – Pecana May 24 '19 at 18:41
Did you upgrade your Gradle as well? – Robert M. May 24 '19 at 22:26
yes i had but it didn't solved the issue, by the way I found how to fix it and I'll post it – Pecana Jun 11 '19 at 06:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '19 at 06:54

I finally found a solution which is more easier than every other test / trick :-) I removed the row "org.gradle.jvmargs=" from the gradle.properties in the project folder , but what did the magic was to remove it also from the file (under Windows) C:\Users[YOUR_USERNAME].gradle\gradle.properties

and everything start working as expect and faster than before :-)

Build failed Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

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