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How can I view my Android application Database ? [Android] [duplicate]

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How can I get the database of my application running on my phone.
I use Android Studio and my database is in assets>MyDataBase.db
Is there a way to update this file ?
I have my own sqlite database, I insert data then I want to get the file back with the new data.
I don't use the emulator and my database was created by SQLite Browser.
[EDIT]
People said it was a duplicate of this question.
But I want to do the same in code line not in command.

If you want to edit file in assets folder of your app in Runtime - this is not possible. you should copy this DB to internal/external storage and edit it after that.

Yes you can edit in in many ways. One of them is using libraries such as this. Give it a look and try it in your app.

You cannot write data's to asset/Raw folder, since it is packed(.apk), the assets folder is read-only at runtime.
You need to choose a different storage location, here is a method to backup you db to your sdcard (external storage) dbName=MyDataBase.db in your case:
public static void backupDBonSDcard(Context context, String dbName){
String DB_PATH = context.getDatabasePath(dbName).getPath();
Log.d("DB_PATH:" + DB_PATH);
if(checkDataBase(DB_PATH)){
InputStream myInput;
try {
Log.e("[backupDBonSDcard] saving file to SDCARD");
myInput = new FileInputStream(DB_PATH);
// Path to the just created empty db
String outFileName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + java.io.File.separator + dbName;
//Open the empty db as the output stream
OutputStream myOutput;
try {
myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
//transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = myInput.read(buffer))>0){
myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException | IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
//Close the streams
if(myOutput!=null){
myOutput.flush();
myOutput.close();
}
if(myInput!=null)
myInput.close();
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}else{
Log.d("DB "+dbName+" not found");
}
}
public static boolean checkDataBase(String fileName) {
java.io.File dbFile = new java.io.File(fileName);
return dbFile.exists();
}
Don't forget to add the following permission in your manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Read/Access SQLite Database on Real Device without Root (Eclipse)

I been working on my project for a little bit while, I currently using emulator to access the DB I created. However, I wonder if anyone knows a way to access DB on a real device in DDMS eclipse?
I understand that to access DB on emulator is just open the data/data/package_name/database...I couldn't really find a way to check out DB on my real device. (The is some security issue in android device) The reason I want to use this is sometimes, emulator doesn't support GPS signal. Does any one knows is there any third-party lib/plugin I can download from ? Thank you so much.

i think it is work for you
**I am copy database in SdCard then access ** .
it is my database helper class
public class OpenDatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
static final String DATABASE_NAME = "MyDB";
.
.
.
public OpenDatabaseHelper(Context context) {
// super(context, name, factory, version);
super(context, Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
+ File.separator + "/DataBase/" + File.separator
+ DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
.
.
.
}
create object in Activity class
OpenDatabaseHelper db = new OpenDatabaseHelper(YourActivity.this);
call any method of database
db.DataBasemethod();
then put this code
try {
String destPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
File f = new File(destPath);
if (!f.exists()) {
f.mkdirs();
f.createNewFile();
// ---copy the db from the /data/data/ folder into
// the sdcard databases folder--- here MyDB is database name
CopyDB(new FileInputStream("/data/data/" + getPackageName()+ "/databases"), new FileOutputStream(destPath+ "/MyDB"));
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
public void CopyDB(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream)
throws IOException {
// ---copy 1K bytes at a time---
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0) {
outputStream.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
inputStream.close();
outputStream.close();
}

Android external database in assets folder

I have an android application that is supposed to read and expand a database that is already created on sqlite...it works fine on emulator by putting database in "data/data/(packagename)/database" folder on the file explorer of emulator. Now problem is occuring with the real device. Obviously it doesnt have the database to open.I tried to put database in assets folder but I am not getting to open it with the openhelper.

you should copy the .db file from your assets folder to an internal/external storage. You can use following codes,
private static String DB_PATH = "/data/data/your package/database/";
private static String DB_NAME ="final.db";// Database name
To create a database,
public void createDataBase() throws IOException
{
//If database not exists copy it from the assets
boolean mDataBaseExist = checkDataBase();
if(!mDataBaseExist)
{
try
{
//Copy the database from assests
copyDataBase();
Log.e(TAG, "createDatabase database created");
}
catch (IOException mIOException)
{
throw new Error("ErrorCopyingDataBase");
}
}
}
Check that the database exists here: /data/data/your package/database/DB Name
private boolean checkDataBase()
{
File dbFile = new File(DB_PATH + DB_NAME);
return dbFile.exists();
}
Copy the database from assets
private void copyDataBase() throws IOException
{
InputStream mInput = getApplicationContext().getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
OutputStream mOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
byte[] mBuffer = new byte[1024];
int mLength;
while ((mLength = mInput.read(mBuffer))>0)
{
mOutput.write(mBuffer, 0, mLength);
}
mOutput.flush();
mOutput.close();
mInput.close();
}
i hope it should help you.

you cant access the database from asset folder directly you need to copy it first to the path data/data/(packagename)/database then using it :
private String DB_PATH = "/data/data/" + "yourpackaename" + "/databases/" + "db.db";
in your onCreate()
is = getAssets().open("db.db");
write(is);
Then the method to call:
public void write(InputStream is) {
try {
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File(DB_PATH));
int read = 0;
byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
while ((read = is.read(bytes)) != -1) {
out.write(bytes, 0, read);
}
is.close();
out.flush();
out.close();
System.err.println(out + "\n");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

You need to first copy the Database file from assests to application data location using java code.Can You Post some code to show How are you opening or handling the database?

You cannot directly open files from assets folder. Instead, you need to copy the contents of your assets folder on an internal/external storage and later use the File path to open the file.
In emulators, its easier for you to access the data folder of your apps. However, on a real non-rooted android device, its not possible due to security reasons.

Do you have a pre-populated database and looking to integrate into your app? If yes, you can simply do with my library
On your app's first launch after installation
SuperDatabase database=new SuperDatabase(getApplicationContext(),"foods.db", AssetDatabaseMode.COPY_TO_SYSTEM);
On subsequent launches
SuperDatabase database=new SuperDatabase(getApplicationContext(),"foods.db", AssetDatabaseMode.READ_FROM_DEVICE);
Simply fire SQL queries
database.sqlInject("INSERT INTO food VALUES('Banana','Vitamin A');");
Get results on Array in CSV, JSON, XML
ArrayList<String> rows=new ArrayList<String>();
rows=database.sqlEjectCSV("SELECT * FROM food;");
for (int i=0;i<rows.size();i++)
{
//Do stuffs with each row
}
You need to include my library for this. Documentations here:
https://github.com/sangeethnandakumar/TestTube

Android restore backup from database file on sdcard

There are a few questions here on stackoverflow where people use BackupAgents to synchronize the apps data with googles cloud (see here). In my specific case the requirements are much more restrictive due to the nature of the more or less sensitive data. Everything must only be stored on the device itself and the app must not connect to the internet.
The main Activity contains a ViewPager which hosts a few ListFragments. Each ListFragment has its own Loader which swaps the cursor in a SimpleCursorAdapter class.
Before both backing up and restoring the database I destroy the loaders with:
getLoaderManager().destroy(LOADER_ID);
My backup function is similar to this anwser:
final String inFileName = "/data/data/<your.app.package>/databases/foo.db";
File dbFile = new File(inFileName);
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(dbFile);
String outFileName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/database_copy.db";
// Open the empty db as the output stream
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
// Transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = fis.read(buffer))>0){
output.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
// Close the streams
output.flush();
output.close();
fis.close();
The restore function is similar in that it copies the database from the sdcard back into the internal app folder, stops the loaders and overwrites the database file.
public static void restore(Context context) throws IOException {
if (externalStorageIsWriteable()) {
// getBackupDir() is a path to the folder on the sdcard
File fileBackup = new File(getBackupDir(), WineSQLiteHelper.DB_NAME);
if (!fileBackup.exists()) {
throw new IOException("File not found");
}
File importFile = getImportDatabase();
try {
FileUtils.copyFile(fileBackup, importFile);
MySQLiteHelper dbHelper = new MySQLiteHelper(context);
dbHelper.close();
dbHelper = null;
File file = new File(Environment.getDataDirectory() + "/data/"
+ PACKAGE + "/databases/" + WineSQLiteHelper.DB_NAME);
FileUtils.copyFile(importFile, file);
// Remove temporary import file.
importFile.delete();
} catch (IOException e) {
throw e;
}
} else {
throw new IOException("External Storage not writeable");
}
}
But somehow the MainActivity gets recreated after I've overwritten the database file and I recieve a few
SQLiteException: no such column
My guess is that perhaps there are still open connections to the database, but I'm not sure about that since this is the first time I have to work with databases this closely.
How to properly close all database connections of a ContentProvider? I can't find anything in the documentation about this. And is this necessary?
How do I properly restore the database?

Android SQLite DB table does not exist after creation

I am copying a database file from my assets folder to the databases folder on install. I have a shared preference named firstRun with a default value of true. If this is true then I copy the database file and set the firstRun value to false. Immediately following this process I then query a database table for some data. On an older Android version (2.1) an SQLite Exception occurs (no such table) and the application crashes, on Android 4.2.1 the dbHelper logs the same message but continues to run and returns the values from the table it just failed to find. With the earlier Android version, if I launch the application again, the database table is found and all operations proceed normally. After the application crashes I can inspect the copied database and the table and rows are present. This does seem to be different from other issues where tables genuinely don't exist as I can see that they do. I wonder if it's some kind of synchronisation issue where the table doesn't exist immediately after the copy process, but does at some point when a process has finished. To my knowledge this is not done asynchronously so I'm not sure why.
Here is some code to show the problem:
SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
boolean firstRun = prefs.getBoolean(getString(R.string.first_time_run), true);
if (firstRun) {
SharedPreferences.Editor edit = prefs.edit();
edit.putBoolean(getString(R.string.first_time_run), Boolean.FALSE);
edit.commit();
try {
dbHelper.createDatabase();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
}
// This method will fire an exception the first time the app is run - no such table
Bundle metaData = dbHelper.fetchAppMetaData();
this.appTitle = metaData.getString("app_title");
this.normalId = Integer.parseInt(metaData.getString("normal_id"));
The fetchAppMetaData method is a basic sqlite.query:
Bundle metaData = new Bundle();
Cursor dbCursor = null;
SQLiteDatabase database = getReadableDatabase();
String[] cols = new String[] {"app_title", "normal_id"};
dbCursor = database.query(true, TBL_METADATA, cols, null, null, null, null, null, null);
if (dbCursor != null) {
dbCursor.moveToFirst();
which would eventually return a bundle.
The database creation method is:
//Open the local db as the input stream
InputStream dbFromAssets = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
// Path to the just created empty db
String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
// Check that the directory now exists
File f = new File(DB_PATH);
if (!f.exists()) {
f.mkdir();
}
// Open the empty db as the output stream
OutputStream appDatabase = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
// Transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = dbFromAssets.read(buffer)) > 0){
appDatabase.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
// Close the streams - don't cross them!
appDatabase.flush();
appDatabase.close();
dbFromAssets.close();
Would be grateful for any ideas please.

Below is a cut and paste from working code. I use this on the launch of the MainActivity each time the application loads. Tested and working with versions 2.3 - 4.2:
Here is the code I'm using that does the check:
try
{
String destPath = "/data/data/" + getPackageName() + "/databases/(...your db...)";
File f = new File(destPath);
File c = new File("/data/data/" + getPackageName() + "/databases/");
// ---if directory doesn't exist then create it---
if (!c.exists())
{
c.mkdir();
}
// ---if db file doesn't exist then create it---
if (!f.exists())
{
CopyDB(getBaseContext().getAssets().open("...name of db from assets foleder..."), new FileOutputStream(destPath));
}
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
Here is the code I'm using that does the copying if not found:
public void CopyDB(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException
{
//---copy 1K bytes at a time---
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0)
{
outputStream.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
inputStream.close();
outputStream.close();
}
Hope this is hopeful...

The solution for me was to close the dbHelper after the database is created and before I try to use it again.
For example:
try {
dbHelper.createDatabase();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
dbHelper.close();
dbHelper.fetchAppMetaData();
Hope this helps someone else.