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James Z.3
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10 years ago

[Swifty] File download memory management

I noticed that for every GB I download to local file system via  client.files.download, the app's memory usage increase by that amount. I imagine the Dropbox client doesn't keep the file in memory af...
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Stephen C.14's avatar
Stephen C.14
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10 years ago

Hi Sunil, we looked into this issue on our end and were not able to reproduce it, even in the case of large file downloads. SwiftyDropbox does not handle any memory management -- memory is managed by a third-party networking library, AlamoFire.

You might also want to double check your memory usage levels. Xcode's simulator is known to be unreliable about showing accurate memory usage levels. I would be sure to test memory usage on an actual device as well.

Additionally, we will be distributing a new version of SwiftyDropbox in the next week. I would encourage you to adopt the new version when it is released, as it might address the issue for you as well.

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