Why use a individual ArrayList<Media> mItemList?

[dfdf]

Why use a individual ArrayList<Media> mItemList(mItemList @ MediaLibrary.java) rather than using Database cursor directly?Listing medias is a long time at startup,maybe fulling this mItemList is the prime criminal? Not need to mention the rather big memory usage. But I guess there must be some strong reasons.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Probably because it was faster to code. And you probably need preparsing....

But if you can do the same faster, patches are welcome.

[edwardw]

Not to mention the absurd state of cursors, databases, and crashes related to those...

[dfdf]

Not to mention the absurd state of cursors, databases, and crashes related to those...

OK,relax,just out of curiosity.
I'm afraid I can't do any patches,I just feel the media listing Activity is a bit slow. Well,it's not a problem,forget it please.

[XilasZ]

At startup, vlc browse folders recursively to find new files to add to the database, or remove deleted ones.
This scan can take some times depending on how many folders/files you have on the device.

One way to speed this up, is to go in preferences, and only select music & video folders, to avoid wasting time scanning system folders, pictures folders, ...

[dfdf]

At startup, vlc browse folders recursively to find new files to add to the database, or remove deleted ones.
This scan can take some times depending on how many folders/files you have on the device.

One way to speed this up, is to go in preferences, and only select music & video folders, to avoid wasting time scanning system folders, pictures folders, ...

Good point,thank you!