The following pdf explains how to fix the text size limit on the JSON Snippet Keeper plugin. This fix is for self hosted Buzztouch accounts. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2452503/snippetKeeperFix.pdf A big thanks to David Book for taking the time to work through this with me.

Nice work, Nad :) Cheers! -- Smug

Very cool. I'm sure David warned you about the time some devices may take to parse a ton of JSON, right? I would make sure you test often on physical devices (not just the simulator) to make sure it doesn't bog things down too much. -Chris

One way to heed the warning from Chris is to use the Data URL method. One can partition the JSON across screens by splitting it up into multiple files. Of course, it would be nice to have an option on the Control Panel to save that screen's JSON as it's own file. What are the gotchas to be aware of if one was to develop such a capability? -- Niraj

Its not necessarily the amount of JSON, its "when" it get's parsed that is the key. David has described "lazy loading" in our previous conversations, where only the JSON that's immediately necessary gets parsed. That, of course would take some re-engineering down the road. If you're using a dataURL for a remotely hosted file, then you have to compound the time needed to download along with the time needed to parse. I've used a file (compiled in the app) with tons of JSON before, and I still had to shrink it down to a point that was comfortable on older devices.

We mainly discussed the impact on the database. Each bt_item gets filled with the users text then gets filled with some null characters up to the 16mb limit. This fix doesn't just affect the JSON snippet keeper plugin but all bt_items across all apps and pluggins on the self hosted server. So if you have a lot of apps or your apps have a lot of bt_items there is a chance for some slow down on the server. I haven't had a chance to test the load times on a device yet. I will though. My quiz bank is roughly 2400 questions.