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

Sorry, not sure how to comment on your original post (the field is not displayed).

I'm experiencing the same issue and I'd love to determine a solution. It's very annoying!

I use Eclipse (Windows 7 64-bit) with a Nexus One (2.2) and my PC will randomly, completely freeze. The mouse pointer locks up, Caps Lock button (and others) don't toggle, touch pad doesn't react, etc. No blue screen and nothing is ever written to the system's event log. I have to physically shut down the machine and restart it each time.

At first, it happened in the same manner for me -- developing within Eclipse. I noticed it didn't happen on compile or debug launch, more during development (again, randomly). Then I noticed it started happening when Eclipse wasn't open at all. That's when I started to suspect a driver or similar issue. But I'm not sure how to troubleshoot further from here.

If anyone has ANY insight into this issue, it would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE: Incorrectly reported N1 version as 2.1 -- corrected to 2.2

Answer 2

It sounds like OS/Hardware problem

Answer 3

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.