Intellij does not seem to be doing basic hot code swap on my installation.
For this code:
public class MainTest { public void method1() { System.out.println("Breakpoint here"); } public void method2() { System.out.println("Line that will get 24 modified"); } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("First print here"); MainTest mainTest = new MainTest(); mainTest.method1(); mainTest.method2(); System.out.println("Line that I do not modify"); } }
I put a breakpoint on mainTest.method1();
then modify the string at method2(), hit ctrl+s and continue to step by step. Unfortunately the runtime is not updated, old string is being printed. Full stop - compile - run does print the new string. So my conclusion is hot-swap not working.
Is there any settings I need to set to enable hot code swap?
- Ubuntu, JDK 1.6
- Intellij 10.5 Ultimate (evaluation)
After saving your class while waiting on your breakpoint just recompile your class with Build -> Compile 'MainTest.java'
or press Ctrl+Shift+F9
with the standard key bindings.
IntelliJ IDEA will then show a small dialog in which it asks you if you want to reload that class.
After below modifications and enabling hot swap, a change in a Java file took 1-2 seconds of restart time. (Initial start time is around 7 seconds for me).
I hope below method helps...
First, you need to check “Make project automatically” in preferences menu.
To open preferences menu;
you can go to top menu and click;
IntelliJ IDEA -> Preferences
or you can type below shortcut via keyboard;
cmd ,
Then, you can check “Make project automatically” as in below picture;
Secondly, you need to modify "compiler.automake.allow.when.app.running" registry setting as true.
To open registry, you need to click below keyboard shortcut;
cmd shift a
Type "registry" as in below picture, select "Registery", and hit enter button of keyboard;
After "Registery" window opened, type "compiler.automake" to see "compiler.automake.allow.when.app.running" option, and check it as in below picture;
Than, you need to restart IntelliJ to make registry changes work.
There is a Debugger > HotSwap
option in intellij 11.
Go to Setting --> Select Debug --> HotSwap
I encountered this problem on Ubuntu. I also had an apparently unrelated issue where IntelliJ gave an error about the file watch limit (my apologies that I no longer have the exact error message). To solve this later issue I did the following steps:
Add the following line to either /etc/sysctl.conf
file or a new *.conf file (e.g. idea.conf
) under /etc/sysctl.d/
directory:
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
Then run this command to apply the change:
sudo sysctl -p --system
Now my React components rebuild and hot swap just fine.
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