Also... Is fillWindow called by the query?  If not, then I don't see
how performing the query on a background thread will help...

TIA.

Marc

On Feb 13, 7:34 am, Marc <[email protected]> wrote:
> Great...   Does this have to do with improving performance in
> scrolling backward (since sqlite doesn't have functionality for
> walking a result set backwards)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marc
>
> On Feb 12, 6:37 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > We're aware of this issue :)
>
> > In the meantime, you should perform your query on a background thread.
>
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Marc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I've noticed that the time it takes to enter my ListActivity is fairly
> > > proportional to the number of items in the sqlite cursor.   Indeed,
> > > when I look at a trace, it seems as though fillWindow (i.e. filling
> > > the cursor window) takes a HUGE amount of time when working with a
> > > large cursor (one with thousands of rows).
>
> > > Does Android really load every single row into memory?   How else to
> > > explain literally seconds of time (not debugging) entering a list of
> > > 2000 items (the time in fillWindow is minimal with a smaller list;
> > > again, roughly proportional).
>
> > > Can anyone with an understanding of the internals help me out here?
>
> > > Thanks.
>
> > > Marc
>
> > --
> > Romain Guy
> > Android framework engineer
> > [email protected]
>
> > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time
> > to provide private support.  All such questions should be posted on
> > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them
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