Limit Cache Size or Allow Cache Clearing for Apps

2 Gigabytes i wish my Inaturalist TAKES UP 15!!! Thank heavens i have an SD card.

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Mine is 15.24 GB thats not normal? Correction i guess it takes up 16.27 GBs?

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Not normal. Please follow the instructions above and send us some log data.

I’d like to point out that logging out then back in does not help on iPhone. My app was taking 11 gigs and making my phone unable to update. I logged out and in yesterday to clear the cache, it was then taking less than 100 mb of space. Today it’s back to 11 gigs.

If there is not way to clear this data I think I have to uninstall the app, which would be too bad but it’s making my phone inoperable.

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note that as long as everything you need to upload is uploaded… you can uninstall the app then reinstall it and it should reset the cache. I’ve had to do that with other apps.

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It is Huge. 17,48 GB
https://photos.app.goo.gl/KR9G3k32iaiZr9AU6

iNaturalist Grootte 20,2MB
Documenten 17,48 GB

iPone SE2020
iNaturalist 2.8.7 build 558
SDImageCache 11 files
Un-Uploaden 5,409 files 11GB

iNaturalist Android app 1.23.11 (500)
Android 10 QKQ1.200512.002

  1. Logout/Login does not help
    Total 17.91GB->17.69GB

  2. Clear the cache helps a bit, but Userdata is almost not changed.
    Clearing cache:
    Userdata: 17.66Gb->16.52GB
    Cache: 1.15Gb-> 3.06MB

  3. Remove all data really helps.
    Clearing userdata:
    Userdata: 16.52GB->0GB
    Cache: 3.06MB->0B

  4. Screenshot_2021-08-10-12-40-19-982_com.miui.securitycenter

Clearing the cache does not solve the problem. Cache is not much, it is the User data.
Maybe I should raise a second feature request with the option to limit the User Data size.

Screenshot_2021-08-14-13-28-20-650_com.miui.securitycenter|225x500

logs will be send send

Yes, I do!

[quote=“charlie, post:1, topic:2059, full:true”]
Currently the only way to clear the cache is to sign out then back in, or delete and re-install the app. [/quote]

Logout/Login does not clear the User data, Cleaning cache (Android) does not but removing user data (Android) does but it also removes my sophisticated password I do not know by heart…


The issue is reopened on Github
https://github.com/inaturalist/iNaturalistAndroid/issues/720

User data exeeds the 17GB. I think it is a bit too much. Can cleaning User data for Android Xaomi-phones be included in this feature request or should I raise a new feature request:
‘’ [Limit User Data Size or Allow User Data Clearing for Android iNaturalist app without loosing the password]"(https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/limit-cache-size-or-allow-cache-clearing-for-apps/2059)

@zoology123 Did you send log data to the helpdesk?

Can I ask a dumb question? How do you “log out and back in”? When I touch the INat icon on my iPhone, it comes up without asking me to log in in any way. And if that isn’t working for many people, is there another trick?

On my iPhone, it shows the iNat app is using 21.2 MB and data is 14.63 GB.

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@ximango

It is so much, maybe it is usefull to sent logging from the iPhone too?

On Android log out:
Settings>To the bottom>Log out

Use the settings cog in the upper right corner. When you open it, you should see an option to Sign Out.

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For what little it might be worth, I am seeing 726 Mb of user data and 346 Mb of cache on a Motorola Moto G8 Power 2020 running iNaturalist 1.23.14 on Android 11. That does not seem particularly unusual to me, a number of apps pull memory on that same order of magnitude. If someone wants logs, I am happy to oblige.

Done, see below.

Upgrade to version Android iNaturalist version 1.23.18 (507)
Total
9.44Gb–>1.33GB (euh??, more then a 1 GB but less then 1.27+1.02+app zise)

Userdata
9.39GB–>1.27GB

Cache
1.02GB–>1.02GB–>1.63GB–>logout–>1.63GB–>login–>1.63GB, dus cache blijft…


The most recent uploaded observations are missing photo (not urgent)


If the app is taking up more than a gigabyte of space on your phone ,
Logs are sent because space still more then 1GB.

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Upgrade to version Android iNaturalist version 1.23.19 - 508
Total: 1.73Gb–> 509MB
Appformat:45,61MB—>79,03MB–>59,36MB–>66,89MB
Userdata: 1.68 GB–>430MB
Cache: 1.66GB–>410MB

I guess this release is a special test format because of the size of the app? Same version, different sizes… But the final results are great. The app uses around 0.5 GB what looks OK to me.

After a week using Android iNaturalist version 1.23.21 - 510
Total: 1,06GB
Appformat :48,32MB
Userdata:1,01GB
Cache: 424MB

This looks like we’re still not deleting something. Can you report back in another week? I’m curious if you reach 1.5 GB or if it remains stead around 1 GB.

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I want to emphasize that the last two changes both were an improvement and it is good they are released recently/yesterday. Thanks they are useful. I have the idea that the trigger to start cleaning does not fire. I updated to a new version 1.23.20 (509) today and the new version brings it back to 600MB (total).
I guess it stays in the range 500MB-1200MB. A new version always will start cleaning so before I reach 1.5 GB will take more then a week.

1.23.20 (509)
Total: 600MB
Appformat: 46,10MB
Userdata: 554MB
Cache: 342MB

I will stop the beta programm and keep track of the data useage:
1.23.20 (509)
Total : 1,02GB
Appformat : 48,20MB
Userdata : 0,97GB
Cache : 522MB

I will upgrade to a new version 1.23.22 (511) after adding the data usage:
1.23.21 (510), 10/10/2021
Total : 779MB
Appformat : 49,69MB
Userdata : 729MB
Cache : 397MB