Getting Gradle error “Could not reserve enough space for object heap” constantly in Intellij IDEA

Question

So I have a problem with memory allocation. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn\'t. I\'ve read this thread and tried the advice there multiple times. Sometimes

Answer 1

I got the same error in Visual Studio 2015 with cordova 5.1.1 under Windows 10.

To solve the issue, set this environment variable:

_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Xmx512M

1. Right click on start-button and open "System"
2. Search for "Advanced system settings" and open it
3. Click the button "Environment Variables ..."
4. In System Variables, click "New..."
5. New Variable Name: _JAVA_OPTIONS
6. New Variable Value: -Xmx512M
7. Click OK
8. Restart Visual Studio, so the variable is picked up

This Article point me in the right direction. I did change the instructions a littel bit, so they fits to Windows 10.

Hope it helps someone!