In my android application, i have a genre list where, according to the selections made the thumbnails are uploaded to the selected one. I do the uploading of thumbnails by parsing my xml file. Even at the second time of selecting a genre from the list, loading time is same.
If the thumbnails are stored or cached , can the time for loading be reduced?
Which is best- storing in hard disk or creating a database?
Thanks in Advance,
Niki
This totally depends on the purpose: if you actually need a database – meaning that you need 1 or more tables with columns filled with various data. Or otherwise is you have a simple list with items it would be more efficient to keep them on hard disk.