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Deim4308yTo be fair, intellij is not bad, even with projects on gradle. Beefy, but not bad. Android Studio though... -
gvnix18998y@TYML I have accumulated a bunch of android devices now. So I can test on various configurations
I7 quad in Mac can finally handle it though. -
Wcked1408y@AndSoWeCode mate, I have an HP Spectre, 16 GB ram intel I7 and this happens to me as well
*bragging about my laptop feels good 😂* -
cwizard5828yI have a HP with a dual core i5@3.20ghz hyperthreaded and 16gb of ram and Android studio with a vm runs fine for me. The vm runs smooth as well. Did some stuff to make the VM run smoother though can remember what exactly.
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It all makes sense now...
Why the fuck is android studio such an unoptimized POS?
It sucks up resources like a sponge.
And Gradle just pushes the cores to the max.
Simulator is a memory hogging Pos too.
I had to buy a new laptop just to run it faster.
I had
AMD A8 4500M
8gb ram, running on Ubuntu.
Now I have macbook-pro 15 in. And it still can ramp us the fans.
Ffs get your shit together jetbrains.
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