OutOfMemory while editing XML for Android in Eclipse

Question

I create Android applications for my job. Eclipse is open all day and I am frequently editing XML files for layouts, etc.
I find that creating/editing these XML files pushes up the memory use of Eclipse. Eclipse never seems to release any of the memory and eventually Eclipse tells me that there has been some sort of workbench out of memory error and I have to exit. It will not let me save or do much of anything after this point.

Is there a workaround for this?
I don't want to have to exit Eclipse and start it up because of this memory issue.
Why won't Eclipse free up its memory use? It just keeps going up.

edit: I am still having issues with running out of memory, the eclipse.ini suggestions did not fix it.

Answer 1

What version of Eclipse and JDK are you using?

Try this eclipse.ini, and check that you are using a JDK1.6.0_u21b7 (build 7) for launching your eclipse.
With JDK1.6.0_u21b6, out of memory were frequent.