compactRealmFile() doesn't cleanup properly

[cmelchior]

If Realm.compactRealmFile() fails for some reason, the temporary files created might not get deleted. This can leave rather large copies of unused Realm files on the disc.

[cmelchior]

Edit: Core has implemented its own compact method on ShareGroup. Use that instead.

[NielsMylle]

Any documentation on this?

[cmelchior]

There is the JavaDoc: http://realm.io/docs/java/0.80.0/api/io/realm/Realm.html#compactRealmFile-android.content.Context- ?

[Cilghal]

How do we use the compact method on ShareGroup?

[cmelchior]

You don't :)....SharedGroup is an concept used in the internal API's. From a user perspective you should be using:

Realm.compactRealmFile(context, "name");

This bug is about the current implementation of that API not cleaning up properly in some cases, but using it has not changed.