Re: [android-beginners] Pre-loading an SQLite database

2010-08-01 Thread Ben Orchard
But this is still just a hack to solve what shouldn't be an issue at all. I understand that there are security concerns and all sorts of other reasons to be careful with databases, but bluntly put, there's no good reason that an easy to use and implement method of using a pre-loaded db doesn't exi

Re: [android-beginners] Pre-loading an SQLite database

2010-07-31 Thread peter f miller
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Bret Foreman wrote: > I currently have a flat file in my assets directory that I read into > SQLite the first time I need something from the appropriate table. > That works OK, but I'm effectively doubling the space required for > that data and it's a lot of data.

Re: [android-beginners] Pre-loading an SQLite database

2010-07-31 Thread Ben Orchard
I've got no ideas, but this is the reason that I pretty much gave up on android as a platform for me: this activity should be simple. Instead accessing a db is difficult, and using a preloaded db results in larger apps. Somehow it is easier to use a db in JAVAFREAKINGSCRIPT than in android. Jque