The question is what features do you use from Real...
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Hong
09/26/2018, 7:00 PMThe question is what features do you use from Realm?
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voddan
09/26/2018, 7:01 PMNone. It just keeps the list of items between launches.
voddan
09/26/2018, 7:02 PMFrankly I would be okey with re-downloading the list every time the app starts.
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Hong
09/26/2018, 7:02 PMIf the list is small, just save it in prefs or some local files.
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voddan
09/26/2018, 7:03 PMCan it be done automatically? It is just cashing, so it must be pretty common
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Hong
09/26/2018, 7:05 PMyou still need to write some code, like save JSON into file on disk or save it into shared prefs
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voddan
09/26/2018, 7:09 PMThen I think it makes sense keep the realm since it does the whole writing into a file part for me.
voddan
09/26/2018, 7:10 PMI was worried that Realm was a legacy technology, but apparently it is not. Thanks for the tip!
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bloder
09/26/2018, 7:30 PMDid you already see Room? Maybe it can help you.
bloder
09/26/2018, 7:31 PMI've changed realm in a project here to room and it was awesome!
bloder
09/26/2018, 7:32 PMh
Hong
09/26/2018, 7:46 PMRealm footprint is too heavy considering all you need is to write some JSON to a file.
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gildor
09/27/2018, 2:50 AMAlso distribute big native library just for saving single list is really too much imo.
gildor
09/27/2018, 2:50 AMSerialize list to any format and save to disk as simplest solution
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