Actually I am mistaken -- we haven't done windowing for a long time apparently. :) So the result of the query is generated into a shared memory in total that the client can read.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Jonathan Herriott <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi Dianne, > > That essentially answers my question. I was curious as to what > happens when you query, say, a database that contains 100K rows, how > it effects memory. From what you said, I'm assuming that it stores a > subset in shared memory, and when the window moves, the subset > changes, thereby eliminating any worry about running out of memory for > large queries. > > I guess my issue is that I'm having a difficult time tracking what > objects are being supplied for interfaces (IContentProvider, etc.). > Does there happen to be a resource file which shows which objects are > being used, or do I just need to spend more time studying the code? > > Thanks, > Jonathan Herriott > > On May 11, 5:50 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not sure what you mean. The content provider runs in its own process. > When > > you do a query, the results are windowed in shared memory for access by > your > > process. > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Jonathan Herriott <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > I was diving through the Android code on how ContentProviders work, > > > and to me, it looks like any ContentProvider I query actually gets > > > placed entirely in the memory of the requesting application. Are they > > > really stored in the querying application's memory? For some reason I > > > thought the cursors were lazy. > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
