How to improve performance of Android Studio in Apple M1 macs?

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Using Android Studio in my new M1 MacBook pro seems to have some performance issues while coding. The application build is fast, but IDE seems a little laggy while coding, giving suggestions, and button response. What is the possible cause for this? Are there any ways to improve the performance of Android Studio? Activity Monitor indicates a lot of CPU usage from Android Studio.

Details about my Environment

  • Android Studio Arctic Fox Preview Built
  • Azul Zulu JDK 11

(Update)

The problem is solved now with official support

apple-m1 android-studio
3 Answers

I have exactly the same environment setup and also get the laggy experience. I am on Big Sur 11.4 with a 16 GB M1 Macbook Pro. I have really terrible performance, even doing basic things like resizing windows etc. brings out the spinner and even typing shows huge input lag.

--EDIT-- I have found that the IntelliJ Idea IDE doesn't have the laggyness whilst still having all the functionality of Android Studio. Maybe it can help you as a workaround until the issues with AS get resolved

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I suspect, mostly you would be using x86 variant of Android Studio. Try using the arm64 Android Studio released by Google, meant for Apple M1. Also answered here

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