OutOfMemory error during compilation

[Sortec]

Dear Community,


I have a substantial-sized project, composed of:

• 54 code modules
• 70 classes
• 43 activities
• 7 image files (png)
• 45 layouts
• 16 referenced libraries

Adding the 54th code module gave me the following compilation error:

Parsing code. 0.68
Compiling code. 1.43
Compiling layouts code. 0.01
Generating R file. 0.09
Compiling generated Java code. 5.43
Convert byte code - optimized dex. Error
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL ERROR:Exception in thread "main"
Exception: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "main"
Optimized dexer failed. Switching to Standard dexer.

• It has been switching to the standard dexer for the last 30minutes (and is still going)
  
• I removed the last code module and added a new empty one as a small test, and it still refused to compile.
  
• Switching from debug to release mode compiles, albeit very slowly.

Have I reached the limit of B4A, and if so is there something we can do about it?


Kind regards,
Nicholas


PS. My machine specs are:

• Genuine Intel i5-3570K CPU @ 3.4Ghz
• 16GB RAM
• Windows 7 64bit SP1

 

[NJDude]

You might need to edit the b4aV0.1.ini file (look in your Windows profile) and change the line MaxRamForDex=512 for a higher value

 

[Sortec]

You might need to edit the b4aV0.1.ini file (look in your Windows profile) and change the line MaxRamForDex=512 for a higher value

You are brilliant. This solved the problem. Thank you!

I found the b4aV0.1.ini file here on my machine:

• C:\Users\nicholas\AppData\Roaming\Anywhere Software\Basic4android

I replaced the line:

• MaxRamForDex=512

to:

• MaxRamForDex=8192

 

[Sortec]

If a mod could rename this thread to "OutOfMemory error during compilation", I think it will help more people.

 

[TheMightySwe]

Maybe the default should be a bit higher?

 

[Erel]

It was 1024mb in the past. However it then failed on computers with low memory so I lowered the default value...

 

[TheMightySwe]

Not that many programs will hit the ceiling i guess, but maybe an easy way to set that setting would be nice.

 

[merlin2049er]

Great, upped mine to 1024.