Files under the device are not visible please tell me something about it
I also uploaded the screen shot of it.
You can pull files from android device using adb command line tool. I don't know which file you exacly want. In case of sqlite database, it is stored in //data/data/<your app>/databases/<databaseName.db>. Probably you will need to be root to do that. Many files are hidden and inaccessible when you don't have root privileges.
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I searched a lot in DDMS all folders but can not find the location of my package folder in file manager. I have search it into the storage/sdcard0 but there also my package is not present.
take a look I uploaded photo. Is there any special setting from mobile ?
My phone android version 4.4.2
please help me to find.
UPDATE
I gone through this steps.
And I reach to My database folder .Now What to do.
adb shell
run-as com.mypackage
ls
cd databases
ls
Now After this what to do.
As you are looking for the database.
I used to copy the database file to any other location after updating it. ( in my code)
Then I use any sqlite viewer over phone or over PC to view it.
I Think you need a rooted device
as far as I know the files on sdcard/Android/data are not the primary files for the packages, those are only extra files (most probably not critical and large files) which are saved on the external storage which is the sdcard.
main package files are saved on the internal storage.
I think you can try this link
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/install-location.html
you can change the location of app installation.
Br,
You can't see the files in DDMS, but you can get a list of the location of all the files using the command:
adb shell pm list packages -f
(you can also add an optional extra parameter to restrict the files listed to be those that match your extra parameter).
Once you have the location of the file, you can then issue a command like
adb pull /system/app/GoogleEarth.apk
to actually get the file off the device and on to your PC.
None of this requires a rooted device.
Since you're looking for the database of your application: Unfortunately there's no way to access the /data/data/your.package.name/databases through DDMS on an unrooted device, as Hussein Ali pointed out correctly. (By the way: The app-data (shared prefs, databases) will reside there no matter of the install-location)
Something like this won't work neither because of Permission denied.
adb pull /data/data/your.package.name/databases/db.sl3
Luckily ICS (Android 4.0) introducted the ability to backup your application-data. That's a possible way to copy your database from your unrooted device to your PC. Please see this post on StackOverflow in order to see what you need to do.
copy the database file to your SD card so you'll be able to use adb pull and get the database to your PC (You can't pull files from private folders such as /data/data/...).
I recommend using SQLite Expert to browse the DB on your desktop:
http://www.sqliteexpert.com/
Also, If you still want to use sqlite3 on your device, check out this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7878236/624109
phone storage is treated as external storage in location "sdcard" where you havn't saved anything so nothing(package named folder) is created... your package will be in app's "private storage" that's in root "data/data/pkg_name" folder accessible only on rooted device.
When developing for Android I prefer just working with a real device plugged in most of the time since the Android emulators are such total garbage. The one pain point is when I want to access files and sqlite databases though. I believe with the adb shell it is possible to pull the database across, but this isn't a very convenient process.
I'm wondering if there are any tools on the market that allow you to see the database in real time, even if it requires rooting a device I'm open to it.
I am afraid that there are no tools that will let you see the db real time. You will need to get the db from the device and the see it on your system. You will have to root the phone and get SuperUser permission to access app databases. The database will (after getting root) then be available in the /data/data/com.your.application/databases folder.
Hi You don't have any tools to see the database in real times. But its achievable in rooted device. If your device is rooted just install root explorer app in it. and then browse for your package name in data/data/ location. There you will find out all the internal memory files including database files. hope this helps you.
I have a Google Nexus 7, and I've been developing on it. Only recently, however, have I become unable to access the /data/ directory using the file browser in eclipse. The device was never rooted, but now since I upgraded it, I believe that I have lost access to this. Is there any way to get eclipse to use the "run-as" command to access my app's data directory? How come I have suddenly lost access to this?
Is the only option left to root the device?
Thanks
Is there any way to get eclipse to use the "run-as" command to access my app's data directory?
There is nothing for you to run "as" that would help here, AFAIK.
How come I have suddenly lost access to this?
You should not have had access to it in the first place. If you did, that was a security flaw in the device, perhaps fixed by a firmware upgrade.
Is the only option left to root the device?
You could not browse the /data/ directory on production hardware. For example, you can browse /data/ on the emulator.
I am able to given root permission by installing apk.
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/features/how-to-root-nokia-x-and-get-access-to-google-play-store-and-google-now-508391
I've been trying to pull a copy of my sqlite database from my android app for dev. My first attempt was to call:
./adb shell
cd data/data
cd com.example.app
cd databases
But then I get stuck here as I do not have permission to do a pull or even view the files in that dir!
So I thought I'd try out the DDMS File Explorer which gives me this:
But when I try and pull files from here (I would expect them to be in the data folder) it just pulls the directory and nothing else. How can I do this to pull a copy of the database my app is creating/using?
I have tried this when the phone is on the SD card and on phone memory. I guess I could copy to SD card and then plug the SD card to pc rather than the phone and do it that way? Not sure if it would work and would be rather annoying to dev like that!
Thanks
If your device does not give you access to this directory (and your device is not rooted -- if you become root, you'll have access), you will need assistance from your application.
The application can, for example, copy databases/your_database_name.db to a readable location, perhaps on the SD card. Then you can pull from there.
IF you just need the DB for general checking/viewing you can run your app on the emulator and get the DB from there. If you need the specific instance on your device you need to root your device as others are suggesting.
Is there a way to view an application database on an Android device? The only solution I've found requires a developer device and I don't have one. I know I can root it and get the same result, but I'd rather not do that.
There is no way other than rooting the device.
If you just want to view/edit what is in the database you can follow the instructions near the end of this blog post:
http://www.screaming-penguin.com/node/7742
I used this method to make sure data was being written correctly and to add data as well.
For more on ADB: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Hope this helps
[Edit] I just re-read your question and I realize you may have been asking to view the database from your Android device - the method I suggested in the link allows you to view/edit from a computer with the ADB - NOT on the device.
If you create your .db on the SD Card, you can view it without root privileges. But, this is probably not what you want to do for your production app. Otherwise you need a dev phone or one with root access.
If you want a visual tool to open/display your .db files, MOTODEV Studio allows you to open an arbitrary .db file from your SD card. Look in the "MOTODEV Database" perspective for the ability to map a file to a database. developer.motorola.com