Delay while loading contacts about flutter_contacts HOT 3 CLOSED

@tonini46 I am not the original author of this plugin. The current plugin has its limitations, and the issue you are experiencing might be related to the limitations. We are working on re-writing this plugin from the ground up that is clean, secure, flexible, and easy to maintain.

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@tonini46 if you find a resolution to this issue or a workaround, I encourage you to share it here with the community. Thanks

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Maybe adding pagination would be useful ?

Something like the following:

final total = await ContactsService.contactCount();
for(int i = 0; i < total, i+=40) {
    final total = await ContactsService.getContacts(offset: i, limit: 40);
}

Having a method that only queries phone numbers for example would allow to cache data and query only phones that aren't cached ?

final allPhones = await ContactsService.getPhones();
final missingPhonesFromCache = MyPhoneCache.phoneNumbers.where((p) => !allPhones.contains(p));
final newContacts = await ContactsService.getContacts(phones: missingPhonesFromCache);
MyPhoneCache.insert(newContacts);

Method alternatives with simpler models would be an alternative too :

class ContactName {
 final String name;
 final List<Phone> phones;
 ContactName(this.name, this.phones);
}

List<ContactName> names= await ContactsService.getContactNames();

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