[PDF] android studio hardware requirements

How much RAM does Android Studio use?

IMHO, Android Studio will use as much RAM as it can, and your RAM requirements will depend on the size of your project (s) that you are working on. For example, I recently moved from a machine with 16GB RAM to 32GB, owing to Android Studio's memory usage. In my experience it is unusable with 4GB RAM.

What is Android Studio?

Android Studio provides wizards and templates that verify your system requirements, such as the Java Development Kit (JDK) and available RAM, and configure default settings, such as an optimized default Android Virtual Device (AVD) emulation and updated system images.

What configuration files does Android Studio support?

Android Studio provides access to two configuration files through the Help menu: studio.vmoptions: Customize options for Android Studio's Java Virtual Machine (JVM), such as heap size and cache size. Note that on Linux machines this file may be named studio64.vmoptions, depending on your version of Android Studio.

What skills do you need to use Android Studio?

Android Studio uses IntelliJ IDEA as its foundation and includes the Android plugin pre-installed along with some modifications specifically for the Android platform. Intermediate computer skills, familiarity with files and folders, and using apps, such as a spreadsheet, word processor, or photo editor.