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Building android requires a beefy developer workstation. Does your friend have the recommended 16GB of RAM[1]? [1] https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-bu
by wcoenen 14y ago
Building android requires a beefy developer workstation. Does your friend have the recommended 16GB of RAM[1]?
[1] https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-building/N1exifTpPfA/discussion https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-building/N1exifTpP...
- FrankBooth 14y ago$100 worth of memory, so beefy.
- fceccon 14y agoSome older computer, like my 2009 MBP for example, can't be upgraded to more than 8gb of memory. edit: I imagine that people interested in hacking on Android have better machines, so it's not a problem. I was pointing out that you can't just buy 16gb to meet the requirements on all machines.
- jsight 14y ago16GB may be recommended, but I have built it before on a machine with 6GB. The initial build ran overnight, and subsequent builds seldom require a rebuild of the entire tree. I think it's certainly possible to manage a small change without 16GB available.
- mariuz 14y agoI build it on a 2G machine also on a 4G machine building process works just fine