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retrodrone
retrodrone

Reputation: 5920

Core Data data schema from existing SQLite database

Is it possible to generate a .xcdatamodel (CoreData data model) from an existing SQLite database file?

I've developed a SQLite database and written a Java API against it. Now, I need to write an equivalent iOS API to the same database (file). I'd prefer not to create the data schema by hand in xCode. I just want to generate the .xcdatamodel, and use xCode to generate the entity classes that I'll code against.

Is it possible?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 5431

Answers (3)

legend
legend

Reputation: 126

Try the following tool which wil generate the Datamodel from existing Sqlite

https://github.com/tapasya/Sqlite2CoreData

Upvotes: 5

Stephen Darlington
Stephen Darlington

Reputation: 52565

No. Core Data is not just a thin wrapper around SQLite. It's an object store that can (optionally) be persisted to a SQLite database. This means that Core Data models do not have a direct mapping to the SQLite database.

In your case I'd recommend using one of the SQLite wrappers that are available (I've not used any of them so I couldn't recommend any one in particular).

Upvotes: 3

Caleb
Caleb

Reputation: 125007

See How do I use my existing SQLite database with Core Data? and Efficiently Importing Data. I understand that you're not asking specifically about using the entire database but just creating the model, but you have to understand that there's not a 1-1 relationship between an existing SQLite database and what Core Data wants to store.

Upvotes: 9

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