Bug 460218

Summary:	kdeconnect SMS Feature Request: Limit number of conversations and messages to hasten loading
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	Nate Goldbaum <goldnate>
Component:	messaging-application	Assignee:	Simon Redman <simon>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.08.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	5487d72c29176ddc7c87313c78aaead0c393732c	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Nate Goldbaum 2022-10-11 01:26:04 UTC

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have many hundreds of conversations and thousands of messages in phone messaging app
2. Open KDE Connect SMS in QT
3. Wait a long time for all the conversations to load

OBSERVED RESULT
Long loading time to get all of the conversations and messages loaded into the app

EXPECTED RESULT
Limited number of conversations and messages (configurable) so that loading can be snappier.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Qt Version: 1.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Not a bug, but a feature request that would improve performance, I think.

Comment 1 Simon Redman 2022-10-11 01:37:41 UTC

Hi Nate,

Assuming you have a recent (2 years) version of the Android and desktop apps, it will request only a few messages in a conversation and only once you click it the first time.
https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-android/-/merge_requests/122

This MR was checked in today which returns conversations one at a time (in sorted order, hopefully), which dramatically reduces the amount of time to wait until the app is usable.
https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-android/-/merge_requests/296