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72deluxe on Dec 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Android Studio 1.0

You're right - that link you provide is far better. Modify the Info.plist within /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents and modify the JVMOptions / JVMVersion string to read 1.8* instead of the default 1.6*.

Much better than the BASH profile thingy (which doesn't work without opening a terminal, obviously).

matwood on Dec 8, 2014 [–]

The above trick also works with Intellij proper. The only downside is you have to change it again after every update.

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