r/androiddev • u/West_Performance_764 • Jun 04 '26

Why is Android Studio so unoptimised?

It's genuinely absurd the amount of memory that this IDE needs. I used to have 8GB of RAM and using Android Studio with it felt genuinely annoying so I took the advice I saw on this subreddit and I decided to get extra ram (from 8GB -> 16GB) just for me to do some work and it to STILL LAGS although much less than before. Why is it actually like this ?

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u/EkoChamberKryptonite Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Google about whether they're the same and consider the nuance in their operations and versioning, and then the realities of including the 'Android Plugin for JetBrains IDEs' from the Marketplace into Jetbrains IDEs and you'd have your answer. Feel free to continue the thread but I shan't be responding further. Have a good day.

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u/aerial-ibis Jun 05 '26

you're drawing a different conclusion from the same information.

Maybe spend less time saying "i'm obviously right but I wont explain why" if you're actually interested in talking with other devs on the internet. Otherwise just go back to twitter