Hi Mark, thanks for your help. I guess I'll just have a play around with a couple of those suggestions and see which one works for me. :)
Regards, Stuart. On Nov 15, 9:57 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stu wrote: > > I'm unable to find how I can ship my database with my application. > > > I don't really want to populate the database at the first run, it just > > seems a bit pointless when I could prevent this time consuming > > activity by including a pre-populated db. > > AFAIK, applications are not unpacked from the APK when installed, and > SQLite has no notion of working with a database file given just an > InputStream, which is all you can get for things packed in your APK. > > I am only aware of three options: > > 1. Bundle a database as either an asset/ or a res/raw/, then use > appropriate methods to get an InputStream on the database, and copy it > somewhere where you can read/write to. I'm uncertain as to whether this > approach is a good idea. > > 2. Use the sqlite3 console utility (or an equivalent tool) to dump the > database a set of SQL statements required to rebuild it. Bundle that > file with your application (e.g., in res/raw/) and execute that script > on first run. This may feel "pointless", but done properly, you can > integrate all this into your build process, so you don't, as a > developer, have to deal with anything -- you just edit your master > database copy on your development PC. > > 3. Use the "classic" approach of just populating the tables yourself in > Java code as part of creating the database. > > If the table is bigger than a few rows, I'd probably go with #2. But, > that's just me. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, > 2009http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
