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Feature request: automatically clear old images from cache (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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