Yes, the method public static SQLiteDatabase openOrCreateDatabase (File file, SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory factory)
makes it sound like you can open an arbitrary filename. But the developer's guide http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html makes it sounds like you can't: "All databases, SQLite and others, are stored on the device in /data/ data/package_name/databases." Nathan On Nov 12, 11:21 pm, westmeadboy <[email protected]> wrote: > http://developer.android.com/intl/en/reference/android/database/sqlit..., > android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory) > > On Nov 13, 11:00 am, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It seems there is a hard restriction on where SQLite databases > > reside. > > > All databases must be in /data/data/<package_name>/databases, > > according to the spec. Specifically, they can't be on a storage card. > > > This seems ok if the database is a small one that begins and ends with > > an adroid app. But for a 1 gig multimedia database that is transferred > > from somewhere else, that is limiting. > > > If this restriction is firm: > > > 1. Is this location user accessible? IE can an end user with an > > unlocked phone copy files into there from their desktop computer or > > storage card. > > 2. How much storage space is likely to be available in that location?. > > On the 16G droid, for example, how. much of that 16G is accessible? > > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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
