How to set JVM arguments in IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

I am confused about the instruction when using Kinesis Video Stream

Run DemoAppMain.java in ./src/main/demo with JVM arguments set to

-Daws.accessKeyId={YourAwsAccessKey} -Daws.secretKey={YourAwsSecretKey} -Djava.library.path={NativeLibraryPath}

for non-temporary AWS credential.

How to set these arguments in IntelliJ IDEA?

Solution 1

Intellij allows you to specify two types of arguments when running a Java program:

• VM Options
  • Enables you to modify attributes of the JVM, including stack/heap memory allocation, system properties, GC flags, etc.
• Program Arguments
  • Values entered here are passed into the String[] parameter of your main method when the program begins.

In the above image, we specify a single system property (under VM Options) named example that has a value of Hello World!.

We also specify two program arguments (under Program Arguments): Hello and World!.

After clicking either the Apply button or the OK button, we can run the following program:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("example"));
    System.out.println(args[0] + " " + args[1]);
}

The output of this program is as follows:

Hello World!
Hello World!

To create a Run/Debug Configuration, see: Create and Edit Run/Debug Configurations

Solution 2

Follow steps below if you have 2021.1.1 Community Version:

Comments

[Gaurav]

any example for passing them?

[Jacob G.]

@gaurav I’ll edit this answer later today to make it more clear.

[Ráfagan]

Man, you deserve a prize

[Bahodir Boydedayev]

This is crazy lol. I spent literally an hour for this. Thanks a lot!

[Frederic Mamath]

Wow ! Exactly same as @BahodirBoydedayev. I lost like an hour before landing on that answer ! Thanks man !

[Geoff Langenderfer]

does VM options accept comma seperated list? Or spaces like on the command line?

[Detached]

Yes man, you deserve a prize! Top! Also intellij deserves a prize, epic fail of the decade.