Images in GridView re-caching on filtering

[S0ulM1ke]

I'm implementing some kind of game library. There GridView operating with C++ model which contains boxart image that should be displayed in GridView's delegate.

Images fetched from backend to AppData\Local and displaying with no issues (model gives URL to Local).

But there something ugly happens when I use QSortFilterProxyModel (as simplest way to implement filter functionality).
When filters applied, as I understand, when delegates is not visible anymore GridView releases "cache" of delegates, no meter Image's cache is set to true . So, when delegate appears again is reloads image again.

There part of the code where GridView's delegate is implemented:

model: appFilterModel
delegate: ItemDelegate {
                width: contentsWidth; height: contentsHeight;
                property int delegateIndex: index

                property alias appContextMenu: appContextMenuLoader.item
                property alias appNameText: appNameTextLoader.item

                Image {
                    id: appBoxar
                    cache: true
                    asynchronous: true
                    anchors.centerIn: parent
                    source: model.boxart

                    onSourceSizeChanged: {
                        width = contentsWidth - 20
                        height = contentsHeight - 20
                    }

                    // Display a tooltip with the full name if it's truncated
                    ToolTip.text: model.name
                    ToolTip.delay: 1000
                    ToolTip.timeout: 5000
                    ToolTip.visible: (parent.hovered || parent.highlighted) && (!appNameText || appNameText.truncated)
                }

                Loader {
                    ...
                }
                ...
            }

I have tried different approaches to deal with delegate images re-appearance, and there what have I suggested:

1. Just make smooth Image appearance when loaded using NumberAnimation
2. Somehow cache Image outside the GridView and use it's URL on delegate by index(Use source model for instance). (I have tried with single image on delegates, works just fine).

But still feels like I'm doing something wrong. For some point, that GridView de-caches delegates have sense.

Any suggestions how to improve delegate's Image behavior on re-appearance?

[GrecKo]

What is the problem your are experiencing?
Does using aynchronous: true and cache: true in the Image fixes it?

[S0ulM1ke]

@GrecKo the problem is, that GridView releases it delegates when model's elements is removed. It provokes Image to reload if delegate is shown again. No meter if I set cache: true

Such a shame that GridView don't have reuseItems like ListView

I've come with next decision. I've created Repeater containing Image that use source model. GridView's delegate Image use Repeater's function itemAt() giving delegate's index after mapping to source model:

//Image in deleagte
                Image {
                    Component.onCompleted: {
                        source = appModelImages.loadImage(appFilterModel.mapRowToSource(parent.delegateIndex)) // custom implementation
                    }
                    ...
                }

//Repeater
    Repeater {
        id: appModelImages

        visible: false

        function loadImage(index){
            return itemAt(index).source
        }

        model: AppModel

        delegate: Image {
            visible: false
            asynchronous: true
            source: model.boxart
        }


    }

This may be not the best decision, but "faster" than create own delegate pool for GridView. Didn't see any examples of implementing mechanism like this. Repeater should work fine, as it relays on source model. And as I expected, images live when source model does.