Slow To Load Messages at Launch

[Rov3r]

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Affected app version

1.0.1

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14

Affected device model

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

How did you install the app?

F-Droid / IzzyOnDroid

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Open the app
2. App launches but nothing displayed in Messages view

Expected behavior

Should be near instantaneous to load messages

Actual behavior

The app launches and won’t load conversation list for 5-8 seconds on average.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Additional information

This is installed on someone else’s phone. They installed it today as their carrier’s texting app is going away, and I recommended they get a messaging app from F-Droid. Upon the first launch, all messages were loaded in—no problem. However they complained to me that it takes a long time to be able to interact with messages compared to the carrier’s messaging app. I checked and confirmed it does take much longer to launch the Fossify Messages.

[Aga-C]

1. Does it load slowly conversation list or a particular conversation? 
2. If it loads conversation list slowly - do you know how many conversations are on the phone?
3. If it loads a conversation slowly - do you know how many messages are in it?

[Rov3r]

1. The whole conversation list
2. 44,000+
3. N/A