Android: eclipse workspace takes a long time to build?

Question

My eclipse workspace has just one android project in it and is set to \"build automatically\". Every time I make a change to some code, and save the change, the workspace build

Answer 1

Removing the device from USB & then re-connect.

Answer 2

Does it help if you clean your project (menu 'project'-> clean) and does that help?

This might be something that's a part of the slowness, although it doesn't explain why it's quick after a new import, and then slows down: Android compilation is slow (using Eclipse)

Answer 3

Under top menu item Project->Build Automatically uncheck the option, then you'll have to build project manually before testing, just select Project->Build Project then Run after build completes.

Answer 4

You can try in Eclipse:

Window - > Preferences - > Android -> Build -> Skip packaging and dexing export or launch.(Speeds up automatic builds on file save)

And

UnMark : Project - > Build Automatically

And you can also complete with :

Window - > Preferences - > General -> Workspace - > Linked Resource - Enable linked resource (unmark) try only if your project not have resources from other project.

For me stoped building slow process after every save.

Answer 5

Increasing Xms and Xmx parameters in eclipse.ini worked for me:

Original values:

-Xms40m
-Xmx768m

New values:

-Xms256m 
-Xmx1024m