Android development in IntelliJ IDEA causes computer to freeze

Question

I am using IntelliJ IDEA (10.5) for Android development with latest Google USB Driver (version 4) for debugging. After some time of development in IntelliJ IDEA when Android dev

Answer 1

Idea is known to have long GC pauses sometimes - it may freeze completely for some time. And it takes even longer if it goes into swap - in this case, whole system may become unresponsive. See this issue and discussion in forums.

So, if it is indeed your case, try using statically-compiled version from here - it's proven to work faster.