Using the Android SDK on a Mac, Eclipse is really slow. How can I speed it up?

August 14, 2023 by Tarik

The solution: change the Java version used and increase the allocated memory.

Edit eclipse.ini – this file is located Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini.

Change the following vars to use Java 1.6 and allocate more memory:

-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion = 1.6
-Xms128m
-Xmx1024m

(Found originally here: http://www.codeweblog.com/eclipse-adt-mac-version-tab-to-switch-slow-solution/)