Encrypt SQLite database

Question

I have been searching for a while and got these results:

Android database encryption

encrypt sqlite database Android:

How to encrypt android sqlite database?

They all suggest using SQLCipher, which is a valid solution, but the commercial license costs $499.

(1) Hasn't SQLite implemented any kind of security mechanism yet ?

(2) Do you know of cheaper alternatives ?

Thank you.

Answer 1

After some mails, it turns out that SQLCipher has a Community Edition available, that can be used if agreed with the license.

Here is a guide on how to integrate and use it in Android.

Here and here licensing details.