On Dec 16, 2:25 pm, Haravikk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
There is following interesting method in AssetFileDescriptor: public FileOutputStream createOutputStream() So, it looks like we have a write access for assets :) > I think the web-based download is probably the best idea, however, > instead of downloading thefileall 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 > ofdataat a time. I like the idea, but currently I can't implement if for non-technical reasons :/ > 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 textualdataso 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. That's the way I would probably choose. I had reduced my data file (because of quite slow SQL performance). So, it is now much smaller than 1 Mb :) > 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 thisdataas afilein the .apk. Then, on initial > > > > application launch to read thisdataand 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
