Flutter With Vs Code And Emulator Taking Too Much Ram

I just want to ask, im running flutter with vs code and android emulator using my Acer Aspire 3 (Ryzen 5 2500u and 8gb ram 6.9gb usable). When i run the emulator suddenly my laptop

Solution 1:

This is a very common issue that I faced personally. After wasting a lot of time at the slow laptop, I decided to upgrade my RAM & now it works better.

Assuming that a normal Flutter developer uses the following programs at any given time -

Chrome (~1.5 GB)

(Obviously for StackOverflow, Github, Music, Surfing etc. Minimum 5 - 8 tabs open)

VS Code (~1 - 2 GB)

For running project(s) (Sometimes I have to switch b/w multiple projects)

Emulator (~1.5 - 2 GB)

Easily consumes a lot of RAM.

Your OS (Windows/Linux/Mac (~1.5 - 2 GB)

Your OS may consume 1.5 - 2 GB RAM with no programs running. If it is consuming more, then try restarting your laptop.

I have upgraded my RAM to 16 GB now. Now, my normal usage goes to 7.6 GB (around 50% RAM usage).

If you are using Android Studio, then you will have even less RAM. It is really heavy (2.5 GB+, in some cases). I personally use VS Code as it is light-weight.

Solution 2:

An alternative can be to use an actual mobile device, instead of an emulator.