How to speed up when Android Studio is slow!

How to speed up when Android Studio is slow!

Speed Up #1: In Android Studio go to menus and open the Compiler tab:
    File >> Settings >> Compile

And as displayed in the following picture, enable the checkbox "Compile independent modules in parallel (may require larger heap size)".

Enabling "Compile independent modules in parallel" in Android Studio.

Speed Up #2: In Android Studio go to the Help menu and select "Edit Custom VM Options". If Android Studio asks to create a file as "studio64.exe.vmoptions", select "Yes".
Then, in this config file, enter this settings (also displayed in the following picture):

-server
-Xms128m
-Xmx4096m # Set it to a memory (RAM) size that works for your computer.
-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m
-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=200m
-XX:+UseCompressedOops
-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=50

Now, save the studio.vmoptions file and restart Android Studio.

Use studio64.exe.vmoptions to speed up Android Studio.

Speed Up #3: Click File ==> Settings ==> Gradle
Select this checkbox: "Offline work".

Speed Up #4: Click File ==> Settings ==> Compiler
Add:
--offline
into its Command-line Options textbox.

Speed Up #5: Click File ==> Settings ==> Editor ==> File Types
in "Ignore files and folders" add this: Thumbs.db; 


At the end, restart Android Studio.

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