Android Studio using 100% CPU on an i7 processor for project Rebuild

Question

My Windows 7 machine has a quad core i7 processor. When I Rebuild my project, it takes on average 25 seconds. And when I launch the app, it takes on average 36 seconds (before

Answer 1

To be honest, Android Studio is hands down better than Eclipse because of the UI designer. The downside is that it uses gradle instead of Ant. Gradle is also better but slower - especially on Windows. It runs much better on Linux. If you haven't used Linux before, fear not. Linux Mint is a stable OS that has a UI that is similar to Windows. You'll be right at home in no time. It consumes fewer resources so that leaves more processing power for the gradle build. Make the switch. You'll never go back.