Where should I put a sqlite file in source android app

Question

I'm a new android developer.
I have an existing SQLite database.
My question is: where should I put it in my source?
And also: I want copy it to device upon installation.

Please help

Thanks

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '13 at 08:34

What you have do.

You have to put your external sqlite database file in assets folder and copy in SD card and access it.

For Example,

Make only one class named

DBConnect.java

package com.appgiudeextra.Database;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.SQLException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
import android.util.Log;

import com.appguideextra.Items.MasterItem;

public class DBConnect extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
public int GetCursor;
// ****************** Declare all the global variable
// ****************************//
private Context myContext;
public String DB_PATH = "data/data/com.xyz/databases/"; // path
// of
// your
// datbase
public static String DB_NAME = "xyz.sqlite";// your database name
static String ASSETS_DB_FOLDER = "db";
private SQLiteDatabase db;

public DBConnect(Context context, String db_name) {
    super(context, db_name, null, 2);
    if (db != null && db.isOpen())
        close();

    this.myContext = context;
    DB_NAME = db_name;

    try {
        createDataBase();
        openDataBase();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // System.out.println("Exception in creation of database : "+
        // e.getMessage());
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}

public void createDataBase() throws IOException {
    boolean dbExist = checkDataBase();

    if (dbExist) {
        // System.out.println("Database Exist");
    } else {
        this.getReadableDatabase();

        try {
            copyDatabase();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new Error("Error copying database");
        }
    }
}

private void copyDatabase() throws IOException {
    InputStream input = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
    String outputFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
    OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(outputFileName);

    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    int length;
    while ((length = input.read(buffer)) > 0) {
        output.write(buffer, 0, length);
    }

    // Close the streams
    output.flush();
    output.close();
    input.close();
    // System.out.println(DB_NAME + "Database Copied !");
}

@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {

}

@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {

}

public void openDataBase() throws SQLException {
    // Open the database
    String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
    db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null,
            SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
}

public boolean isOpen() {
    if (db != null)
        return db.isOpen();
    return false;
}

@Override
public synchronized void close() {
    if (db != null)
        db.close();
    super.close();
}

private boolean checkDataBase() {
    SQLiteDatabase checkDB = null;
    try {
        String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
        // System.out.println("My Pathe is:- " + myPath);
        // System.out.println("Open");
        checkDB = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null,
                SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
        // System.out.println("checkDB value:" + checkDB);
        // System.out.println("My Pathe is:- " + myPath);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // database does't exist yet.
    }

    if (checkDB != null) {
        // System.out.println("Closed");
        checkDB.close();
        // System.out.println("My db is:- " + checkDB.isOpen());
    }

    return checkDB != null ? true : false;
}

public Cursor execCursorQuery(String sql) {
    Cursor cursor = null;
    try {
        cursor = db.rawQuery(sql, null);
        GetCursor = cursor.getCount();
        Log.i("Inside execCursorQuery try", sql);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.i("Inside execCursorQuery exception", e.getMessage());
    }
    return cursor;
}

public void execNonQuery(String sql) {
    try {
        db.execSQL(sql);
        // Log.d("SQL", sql);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // Log.e("Err", e.getMessage());
    } finally {
        // closeDb();
    }
}


}

And Access this class to your Activity.

GrIsHu · Answer 2 · 2013-12-27T08:39:23.717

 My question is: where should I put it in my source?

You can put the database into your assets folder of your application and then copy it into sdcard and use it.

Try out below code to copy database from assets folder to sdcard.

DataBaseHelper.java

public class DataBaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
    private Context mycontext;

    //private String DB_PATH = mycontext.getApplicationContext().getPackageName()+"/databases/";
    private static String DB_NAME = "(datbasename).sqlite";//the extension may be .sqlite or .db
    public SQLiteDatabase myDataBase;
    /*private String DB_PATH = "/data/data/"
                        + mycontext.getApplicationContext().getPackageName()
                        + "/databases/";*/

    public DataBaseHelper(Context context) throws IOException {
        super(context,DB_NAME,null,1);
        this.mycontext=context;
        boolean dbexist = checkdatabase();
        if (dbexist) {
            //System.out.println("Database exists");
            opendatabase(); 
        } else {
            System.out.println("Database doesn't exist");
            createdatabase();
        }
    }

    public void createdatabase() throws IOException {
        boolean dbexist = checkdatabase();
        if(dbexist) {
            //System.out.println(" Database exists.");
        } else {
            this.getReadableDatabase();
            try {
                copydatabase();
            } catch(IOException e) {
                throw new Error("Error copying database");
            }
        }
    }   

    private boolean checkdatabase() {
        //SQLiteDatabase checkdb = null;
        boolean checkdb = false;
        try {
            String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
            File dbfile = new File(myPath);
            //checkdb = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath,null,SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
            checkdb = dbfile.exists();
        } catch(SQLiteException e) {
            System.out.println("Database doesn't exist");
        }
        return checkdb;
    }

    private void copydatabase() throws IOException {
        //Open your local db as the input stream
        InputStream myinput = mycontext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);

        // Path to the just created empty db
        String outfilename = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;

        //Open the empty db as the output stream
        OutputStream myoutput = new FileOutputStream("/data/data/(packagename)/databases   /(datbasename).sqlite");

        // transfer byte to inputfile to outputfile
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int length;
        while ((length = myinput.read(buffer))>0) {
            myoutput.write(buffer,0,length);
        }

        //Close the streams
        myoutput.flush();
        myoutput.close();
        myinput.close();
    }

    public void opendatabase() throws SQLException {
        //Open the database
        String mypath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
        myDataBase = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(mypath, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
    }

    public synchronized void close() {
        if(myDataBase != null) {
            myDataBase.close();
        }
        super.close();
    }

}

And

 I want copy it to device upon installation.

Create the instance of the DataBaseHelper class in your launcher activity as below and it will directly copy the database.

DataBaseHelper dbhelper=new DataBaseHelper(MyActivity.this);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 27 '13 at 08:34

you can put your database in assets folder and this database is copy into sdcard and retrieve that databse from sdcard:

copy Database:

public static void copyDataBase(Context mActivity) throws IOException {
        InputStream myInput = new FileInputStream(new File("/data/data/"
                + mActivity.getPackageName() + "/databases/" + "aman36.sqlite"));
        File files = new File("/sdcard/files/");
        files.mkdirs();
        String outFileName = "/sdcard/files/aman36.sqlite";
        OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int bufferLength;
        while ((bufferLength = myInput.read(buffer)) > 0) {
            myOutput.write(buffer, 0, bufferLength);
        }
        myOutput.flush();
        myOutput.close();
        myInput.close();
    }

and you can access your path to retrieve databse ->sdcard->files->aman36.sqlite

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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Put your database.sqlite file in asset folder of project directory and retreive it using this link.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Dec 27 '13 at 08:38

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