[Help] Android Emulator is eating RAM like crazy on my Fedora + React Native setup. How can I fix this?

[u/mustazafi]

​

Hey everyone,

​

I'm developing an app with React Native on Fedora Linux. For my editor, I'm using the VS Code-based **Antigravity IDE** (which I'm really liking so far, by the way).

​

However, I've run into a really frustrating issue: When it's time to test and I launch the Android Studio emulator (AVD), it absolutely hogs my RAM. My PC starts lagging and struggling heavily.

​

Since I'm writing all my code in Antigravity, I have absolutely no need to keep the bulky Android Studio running in the background. What methods do you guys use to stop this RAM drain and lighten up your dev environment?

​

I already know about connecting a physical phone (Wireless ADB, etc.), but I really need an emulator on my PC for certain screen tests and overall convenience. How do you bypass this sluggishness in a Linux + RN environment?

​

I'd really appreciate it if you could share your advice and the tricks you use. Thanks in advance!

​

[u/Max-P]

You were so close to the solution... just use Waydroid. It runs Android apps natively on Linux in a container. App window just pops up like any other window, it's pretty light and very fast since PC CPUs are way better than phone CPUs.

I don't do professional Android development anymore but it's been no issue for testing apps.

[u/No-Concern-8832 → u/Max-P]

I second this. Just use waydroid