Android source code compile error: "Try increasing heap size with java option '-Xmx<size>'"

I had the same problem. So I've tried to set JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS to include -Xmx=4g, but when building again the log output showed that this was not included in the startup. I don't know why, it seems like the env vars do not get passed to the build script correctly.

Solution

Before starting a clean android build set the JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS to include -Xmx=4g, then stop and start the jack server manually. Given you're in the main source tree of AOSP run the following:

export JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4g"
./prebuilts/sdk/tools/jack-admin kill-server
./prebuilts/sdk/tools/jack-admin start-server

for cm you can use

export JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4g"
jack-admin kill-server && jack-admin start-server

This resolved the issue for me.

The current way to set Xmx for jack is:

export JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4096m"
out/host/linux-x86/bin/jack-admin kill-server
out/host/linux-x86/bin/jack-admin start-server

I also had this problem after updating to 6.0 My computer is an i7 laptop with 8GB of ram. It worked fine with v5.x and below.

The reason is not enough memory as the error message states. In the v6.x build, more Jack is used. In my case, reducing the number of Jacks to 1 resolved the issue.

I can now continue compiling with 8GB of ram.

$HOME/.jack-server/config.properties
    jack.server.max-service=1

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