I'm working on an app that uses sqlite to store data and I need/would like to view the tables in the app to be sure things are being added correctly and the content exists. How do I review the tables and their data being used in my app.
I'm using a Nexus 7 with 4.4 on it for testing the app.
You have basically two choices.
Run the app in the emulator, then "pull" the db to your dev machine and use a tool such as SQLite Expert Personal 3 to view the db.
Create your db in the external storage instead of internal. Then you can use your USB connection to "pull" the db.
I guess I can add (3): add code to dump your tables to the log file.
I don't know this can solve your problem or not but installing THIS plugin into eclipse help me a lot to view database table and content inserted.
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I see a sqllite database in another application, why can't I just just drag and drop from that application to mine in the eclipse environment? that way I can use data already in that database?
Android doesn't do too well with using an sqlite database file directly. Generally the way to go around it is to package an sqlite database as a resource and on first create of the app to load that resource and then connect to it and then copy all the data out of it. The downside of this is you are essentially doubling all your data.
If you are the publisher of the other app then you can list the database as a shared database to share between your apps.
Share SQLite database between 2 android apps?
Noone has written an Eclipse plugin that does that. You can write one if you feel it is both useful and worth your time.
I am new to Android and Java. I am creating an Android application in which I will be collecting data and also importing data from server to Android.
I wish to store the data imported into SQLite tables. So I created two tables as per my requirement. This tables should be created when ever app is opened and should be cleaned when ever the app is CLOSED not switched. For this I am dropping the tables in onOpen(), it is working fine in Emulator. I am able to see the values in DDMS-Data.
Now I am trying to implement it on android mobile and I am looking at data folder in DDMS for the device. But I don't see any tables. The folder remains empty.
Sometimes its restricted to view table inside data folder for Device as manufacturer by default have not given permission to view it.But your tables do exist inside your data folder.
You can check by opening it inside your app if you want to confirm. You can definitely drop your tables and it will get cleaned when ever the app is closed don't worry about it. You have to root your device to get permission , which will take away your device warranty.
You cant check Database table from Device by ddms utility. cause it wont be listed there, but you can check data by applying a select query, wherever you want to debug.
Some devices needs to be 'rooted' in order to be able to access the data folder. You can read more about this process on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_%28Android_OS%29 However if you need it only to see your tables it's not recommended to do it.
Does anyone know of Android code I could embed directly in my app, such that I could browse my SQLite database directly from within my app?
If not, how about code that reads the SQLite metadata, and dumps table and column names and data to the log? (In JDBC, I'd use databasemetadata to get table info, and then table metadata to get column info...)
I know I can browse on an emulator, and I can copy the db off the device and then point a db browser at it. But this would be a lot more convenient for me during development. This would of course be used only for test databases with tiny amounts of data. Any suggestions?
Have a look at this question: browse data in Android SQLite Database It may not be exactly what you're asking, but may be sufficient for your needs.
Alternatively, there's a sqlite database browser app in the market, which you may be interested in (I haven't tested it myself): https://market.android.com/details?id=com.xuecs.sqlitemanager&hl=en
I think this is what you are looking for .
Using the library in the link below you can browse your app database from your app https://github.com/sanathp/DatabaseManager_For_Android
With this library you can manage your app SQLite database from you app itself.
you can view the tables in your app database , update ,delete, insert rows to your tables .Everything from your app.
Its a single java activity file ,just add the java file to your source folder.When the development is done remove the java file from your src folder thats it .
It helped me a lot .Hope it helps you too .
You can view the 1 minute demo here : http://youtu.be/P5vpaGoBlBY
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My problem:
I'm working on a database app that I'd like to back up the database at certian points so I can save the data I've collected in database over time, during development. So to save the database to accessible memory I've followed this page:
How can I pull databases off my android onto my desktop?
..and the above code is working great in the emulator (I can use DDMS to pull the copy of the database to my PC and view it using SQLite Database Browser). However when I run it on an actual device, SQLite Database Browser can't read it. To extrapolate, the copy is being created just fine on the SD card, but when I copy to my PC from my device and view it, I get nothing, SDB can't understand it or something. However when I use an emulator, I can copy it off using DDMS and view all the tables just fine with SDB.
Using WinMerge to compare the two raw database files (one generated by the device, one generated by the emulator both running the same code) I can see there are formatting differences, but nothing that looks corrupted, but I'm not 100% sure. The android metadata and SQL sequence tables appear to be in there (albeit in different orders), as well as my custom table.
Do you guys have any suggestions on how to debug this? I'm not sure where to start since it seems to work perfectly on the emulator. Also, I've run the emulator at the same android release (2.3.3) as the device, so I'm am pretty sure they are using the same SQLite engine.
Thanks,
Matt
I'd try opening this database with different SQLite clients.
If that doesn't work, the next step may be to try finding an SQLite database file validator and/or to run the standard SQLite client in debug mode (but to be honest, I don't even know if those two last options are even possible).
I want to debug database on android device. My application is very heavy and I do too much insertion queries and other stuff so running on emulator is hell slow so I am debugging it on Android phone.
But I could not debug database, like in Iphone you can see even insertion made into database. I want to see the current situation of database without rooting my phone and pulling it from my phone and then opening it into some 3rd party software.
Is there any way to debug Android database on mobile phones without rooting and pulling database out?
There is tool sqlite3 but the problem is that when you connect to shell it shows you ugly data and furthermore if database is not created running any query actually creates database in database folder so you would never knew that your database was not created by your logic.
I hope you understand what I am looking for.
I had the very same problem and after a search I found this one SQLiteManager plugin for Eclipse which is a plugin for eclipse allowing you to see and browse your data strait from SQLite DB
To use this it's easy, start you emulator, browse the emulator files in the DDMS view then
go to data > data > com.your.package > databases > your_database_name.db (note the db extension is mandatory)
and a new tab will appear with your data!
It won't work on a real device (maybe on a rooted one?)
Hope it will work for you :)
There is information on how to connect eclipse to a sqlite database here. Another alternative is using this Firefox add-on to manage your sqlite database.
I'm still looking into it myself but there is MOTODEV Studio for Android, requires free registration.
See the next simple, single JAR file.
on google code