[Feature request] New API method for getting some assets stats

[fortunado]

Platforms

Android, iOS

Description

I'd like to have a new method of getting assets statistics:
getStatAsync(assetPath, assetType: [RequestType.image, RequestType.video]) - getting stat by assetPath, and assetType filter in api call

Example result:

[
	["2023.12.01 00:00:00Z", 65], // Month in year (just first date of month), and count of assets
	["2023.11.01 00:00:00Z", 100],
        [...]
]

Why

I need this for building lazy gridView with some kind of indexed draggable scrollbar (for example A-Z scrollbar panel in contacts list), when knowing current offset I calculate asset index and show a hint about day or month where in time current scroll position located in gallery.

For now I'm calculating this data by loading and processing all the assets by page, but for large galleries this is becoming very lagging and memory consuming.

Similar request #594 - but I need aggregation by months, or may be days.

Thanks in advance.

[HenrikH96]

I managed to "improve" performance slightly by sampling the album instead of fetching all AssetEntities directly. However, this approach is still far from optimal in terms of efficiency.

I've submitted a related feature request (#1244) that proposes a more efficient solution for grouping assets, which might be of interest for this use case. Feel free to check it out and share your thoughts!