Eclipse internal error while initializing Java tooling

Question

I am getting errors from Eclipse Indigo running on Windows 7 Ultimate. For each of the following items:

Android SDK content loader
Building workspace
Initial         


        

Answer 1

Just close the Eclipse or STS and restart it again. This may fix this error.

Answer 2

Just change the following values at "eclipse.ini" file to the following:

-Xms1024m
-Xmx2048m

Note:

• You can find the "eclipse.ini" file by right click eclipse icon on and select "Open file location".
• This error occurs because the eclipse is running out of memory, so we just increased the assigned memory for the eclipse application.

Answer 3

Sometimes the issue is with the version of the Java installed. I was facing a similar issue when trying to start Spring Tool Suite on my Ubuntu 16.04. I had java 9 installed on my machine. I changed it to java 8. And it started working.

Answer 4

In my case "MySQL service" is disabled. And I got same error.

So if you are using MySQL then check for it.

Press win+R then write services.msc and hit enter. Search for MySQL service. Start the service.

Answer 5

I would just like to add, that simply closing and reopening eclipse has always worked for me with this type of error.

Answer 6

In my case, I restarted my eclipse IDE without deleting/editing my workspace or .metadata folder. Error "An internal error occurred during: "Initializing Java Tooling". java.lang.NullPointerException" is gone and Eclipse just working good.