# Message Saving

Compared to Telegraher or Ninjagram, we have the most "true" saving system.

While those keep messages in Telegram's built-in database, probably in cache, we use our own, powered by Android Room.

It has it's own advantages:

You can clear cache separately from deleted messages / history
Messages won't be affected by any Telegram update, event or action
These can be easily synchronized between devices

Also, our saving system automatically tries to download files before they expire on the server, giving more chances to save a media. It's all stored in Download/AyuGram/Saved Attachments by default, tho you can change it in the AyuGram Preferences. If you see it in a gallery - create file .nomedia in this folder manually.

Database location - /data/data/com.radolyn.ayugram/databases/ayu-data*.

But it's hard to maintain. Really. You can be sure that messages will be in an AyuGram database, but some of them won't be displayed for a reason how we load them in chats. Also, it may cause potato phones lag/crash when loading a big batch of deleted messages. So we suggest using it if you really need it.

You could use a "View Deleted" option in three dots to see a separate chat with only deleted messages, with ability to search through them.

A bit of technical information

When you scroll the chat, Telegram loads messages from your cache in batches, 20-50 messages. AyuGram hooks into that process, and takes IDs of the last and the first messages, and loads deleted messages between them. There may be many of them - 10, 20, 100, 500, who knows. All these operations performed on UI thread, what makes it cause lags a bit. Or explode your phone if there's more than 1k messages.

And, as you understand, there's a little problem - deleted messages between batches are not loaded.

ID 1

ID 2

...

ID 20

some deleted message that won't be loaded, e. g. ID 21

ID 22

ID 23

...

It won't be changed in the near future, because it performs well in most cases.

# Save media

As the title says. Automatically tries to download media after deletion, or creates a copy in Saved Attachments if downloaded before.

# Save in Bot Dialogs

You want it to be disabled, since bots often edit/delete messages to make sure you get the best experience.