kapt An exception occurred: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

Question

I am facing this issue where while building my code I am getting this exception. I have tried increasing the heap space in both build.gradle and Manifest file but none of them seems to be working. I have also changed the gradle properties but that hasn't worked as well.

What I think is issue according to me is that I am using databinding and room and somehow while generating files for same it happens to give this exception.

e: [kapt] An exception occurred: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$State.withColumn(Doc.java:81)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Token.computeBreaks(Doc.java:486)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeSplit(Doc.java:330)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreakAndSplit(Doc.java:320)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBroken(Doc.java:296)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreaks(Doc.java:266)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeSplit(Doc.java:330)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreakAndSplit(Doc.java:320)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBroken(Doc.java:290)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreaks(Doc.java:266)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeSplit(Doc.java:330)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreakAndSplit(Doc.java:320)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBroken(Doc.java:296)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreaks(Doc.java:266)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeSplit(Doc.java:330)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreakAndSplit(Doc.java:320)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBroken(Doc.java:290)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreaks(Doc.java:266)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeSplit(Doc.java:330)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreakAndSplit(Doc.java:320)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBroken(Doc.java:296)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreaks(Doc.java:266)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeSplit(Doc.java:330)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreakAndSplit(Doc.java:320)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBroken(Doc.java:290)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreaks(Doc.java:266)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeSplit(Doc.java:330)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreakAndSplit(Doc.java:320)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBroken(Doc.java:296)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.Doc$Level.computeBreaks(Doc.java:266)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.java.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:181)
at com.google.googlejavaformat.java.Formatter.getFormatReplacements(Formatter.java:245)



:app:kaptDebugKotlin FAILED

  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  * What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:kaptDebugKotlin'.
> Compilation error. See log for more details

  * Try:
   Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or - -debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

  * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

  BUILD FAILED in 5m 7s

Answer 1

Following gradle settings worked for me.

-Xms256m -Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=350m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=225m -XX:+UseCompressedOops

This goes in your settings.gradle file as the value for the org.gradle.jvargs parameter, e.g.

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms2560m -Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=350m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=225m -XX:+UseCompressedOops

put line

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms2560m -Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=350m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=225m -XX:+UseCompressedOops

to your gradle.properties (Project Properties)