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rvpals
rvpals

Reputation: 189

Android: use SQLite database on SD Card (not using internal Android Data Store at all)

Can somebody please give me some links / tutorials to using SQLite file thatis stored on a SD card? Not implementing the OpenHandler.

/SD CARD//info.db

I want to use an external SQlite database file (not use Android internal data store) because I want to frequently update the database file to provide more up to date information on info.db.

Thank you.

Upvotes: 11

Views: 28337

Answers (2)

dbm
dbm

Reputation: 10485

I would recommend you NOT to put the database on the SD-card due to partly security issues (everyone who has physical access to the device and the SD-card, including all applications running on the device, will also have more or less full access rights to the database file) but also due to hardware issues (an SD-card has a limited lifespan as of the total number of write operations one can perform on it).

These questions are also discussed here: SQLite database on SD card

Upvotes: 8

mreichelt
mreichelt

Reputation: 12455

Have you tried using SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(String, SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory)? You can simply pass "/sdcard/info.db" as the first and null as the second parameter.

Upvotes: 18

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