You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
28 points

LRU cache seems like a good choice for caching images. Then set a max size and/or age of items in the cache and evict as necessary. This is the defacto caching mechanism in Apps.

permalink
report
reply
3 points

I don’t like every app having its own max size, I’d hope Android at some point starts making an automatic cache control tool system-wide (that’s not a third party app) but it seems we’re stuck with this mechanism

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

It is a bit of wishful thinking, but could be cool if they had an AndroidX package with some kind of global caching system. Problem is though, how do you make a caching mechanism that can fit all use cases.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Start with LRU and maybe a frequency counter to keep frequently useful data. Then go from there. Same as most apps do themselves right now but redistribute as needed; slowly take a bit away from all other apps when one app needs more

permalink
report
parent
reply

Liftoff!

!liftoff@lemmy.world

Create post

A mobile client for Lemmy running on iOS and Android

Community stats

  • 2

    Monthly active users

  • 328

    Posts

  • 2K

    Comments