I can't say for sure but I doubt that would work; as .zip files can't really be modified in place without generating a whole new zip-file every time.
I think the web-based download is probably the best idea, however, instead of downloading the file all at once you could query the SQLite database, if the entry you want doesn't exist, then request just that entry from the web-site. This way you're only downloading small chunks of data at a time. Otherwise I say just package it in your app as the SQL query required to populate the initial database; .zip compression is good at shrinking down textual data so it shouldn't even be closed to 1mb afterwards, besides which 1mb is pretty insignificant these days, especially with 64gb NAND chips on the horizon. On Dec 16, 5:44 am, Andriy Tsykholyas <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 10, 7:50 pm, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My idea is to put this data as afilein the .apk. Then, on initial > > > application launch to read this data and populate Android SQLite > > > database with it. Then just work with this database. But after the > > > database is populated the datafileis no longer needed. And I'd like > > > to remove it to free some memory. > > > or just download it in SQLite format in the first > > place. > > It just came to my mind... Is it possible to pack SQLine database in > the package and access it from SQLiteDatabase or SQLiteOpenHelper for > read/write? :) > > > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html -- 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
