[Bug report] Performance issues with large number of images in the library.

[hutnikau]

Version

3.6.2

Platforms

iOS

Device Model

iPhone 16 Pro

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How to reproduce?

Many users report the same issues (mostly on iOS devices):
When their photo library is relatively big (more than 50K images) the photo manager loads very slow (sometimes it takes up to few minutes) or not loads at all. After the list is loaded it's laggy and may not respond on interactoins.

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hutnikau

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AI Summary: The photo_manager package has performance issues on iOS when handling large libraries (50K+ images), causing slow loading and laggy interactions.