Yes, I can see that is misleading. I'm sure they just mean that for when you don't specify a File.
Have you tried putting it on the sdcard? I have an app, used by thousands of users, where a 20MB+ sqlite db file is located on the sdcard. Hope this helps! On Nov 13, 3:43 pm, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > guidehttp://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
