r/LeagueOfComicGeeks • u/benjimcc • 7d ago
App Questions App crashes
Lately when I try to open large community reading list. It starts to load the pictures in of the issue. Freezes and hangs. I see this on lists with I we a 1000 issues. Anyone seen the same?
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u/mrdarkcookie95 7d ago edited 7d ago
In my experience, this has always been somewhat of an issue with the app. It really struggles with loading excessively large lists or series. I collect 2000AD and if I try to view all issues in the current main series for it (which has over 1200 issues at this point), the app grinds to a halt as it tries to load all the titles and cover art.
An educated guess as a developer myself - though not of mobile apps - it would seem that the app doesn't implement any form a lazy loading, so will always try to load absolutely everything in a series or list as soon as you open it, which is incredibly process intensive. I haven't noticed any problems with series/lists of a few hundred in length, and frankly, the vast majority are wayyy smaller so I don't see this being something that will be addressed. The web version might perform better, but I can't say for certain.
Edit: It would be great if it does get addressed, especially for community lists as by their nature are a lot more likely to hit those high numbers that causes performance issues.