I am designing an app in android, for my app i created one database for data storage now i want to browse my app database from device so that i can monitor my tables and it's data. I am able to browse the database from AVD(using SQLite Database Browser) but it's not working for the device, so pls guide me.
Thanks,
Balaram.
Balaram , currently there is no way to browse database on the device (the way you want it) (without getting the root permission) similar to browsing on a SQLite Database Browser
While to browse the database on the device you need to follow programmatic steps given here at 'Using your own SQLite database in Android applications'.
Hope it is helpful.
You need 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. Also, after getting root on your phone, you will a file browser capable of using the SU permission to display system files. For e.g. Root Explorer.
What works in the AVD works exactly the same on the device. Ideally, there is no need to grab your DB from the device. But if you must, be careful with the other system files.
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My data and other folders in ddms are empty due to which I am unable to view my database through sqlite browser. I am using eclipse for android. I suspect its some problem with the permissions but can't point at it.
you can install root Explorer on your emulator, this app can open databases also
If you are using real device then you can't able to access DATABASE because you need root to access the directory.
Solution is to use simulator in which you can able to access DATABASE or use rooted device.
My proble is I created a device in sqlite database browser and its work fine in emulator.
but when a try my application to my device it cause force close.
and when I remove the database and create a new one using eclipse it works fine even in my device. But inserting a lot of data in database 1 by 1 realy freakin me out so anyone know a sqlite database browser that also work for device??!
check out this tutorial for using database file in application.
Remember one thing that it only copy you DB file in application that's it.
On real device you don't have permissions to sqlite database. That's why you won't be able to browse database like you can on a emulator.
See this for a work around.
Tool to see android database, tables and data
If you want to create a pre-loaded DB outside of your app and use it in your app later, you will have to put it in your assets directory and then copy it to your apps storage space the first time your app is started.
This is due to the fact that as a security measure, on real (unrooted) devices nothing but your own app is allowed access to that apps databases directory (and certain other ones as well).
There is a good tutorial for creating/copying your own DB outside of the app and copying it to the apps databases directory here.
I have a question about access to database. I have a database, but I can't see this database in data on my davice. On emulator in data I can see this database but on device data folder is empty. I need to do this because when I want to see database in DDMS perspectiv with emulator, my eclipse is stuck and I must restart.
Android doesn't provide access to its application data folders in a device. You can either root your device(which essentially means you give everyone access to all files in your device) or you could move the db to sdcard (if that is a possible option). You can access files in sdcard from adb.
You can access the database using ADB from the terminal (in android tools folder or platform folder). You can't access the database in the device unless you root your device. That's to restrict the application data from being open . (Other application's data).
I have created an android application for my Android device which stores records into sqlite databases and even the retrieval of the data from the database works correctly on my application. Now i want to access the database file located in the location as follows:
/data/data/org.project.compdroid.dash1/databases/data
where data is my database file.
This data file i want to export to my pc to keep a backup of all the records.
for this I first tried accessing it from the emulator by the command
adb pull /data/data/org.project.compdroid.dash1/databases/data [local address path]
this worked correctly for the emulator. but when i try to copy the same file from my Android phone it says permission denied. I think since I am not the root user for my phone I am not allowed to access it and I am allowed to achieve it in my emulator since I am already rooted there.
Now is there a way by which i will be able to copy the data file from my android phone without rooting it? or is rooting the only solution for my problem?
Please do suggest any other technique(if there are any) for copying the database files from an android phone to my computer.
Thanks in advance...
You can include code in your app that will copy the file from internal storage onto the sd card, since your App has full access to its own storage. See How to backup database to SD and Backing up your Android..
You could also spit out the Db as a text file which can then be imported into any DB.
I would like examine androids internal database files using a sqlite browser. From my understanding contacts, etc. is stored in an sql lite db on Android. Now I want to read these tables using sqlite browser. For that I need to specify the db file, but where is it located?
The question is where is the location for the emulator?
Where is it located on a real device?
Can I access it on a real device which is not rooted?
All databases are saved in:
/data/data/the.app.package.name/databases/the_name_of_db
And no, you cannot access that file in a non-rooted phone. Fortunately the emulator is rooted.
Open your application with emulator and go in DDMS. Then in FileExplorer go into data/data/application.package.name/databases/name_of_your_database. Then pull it from device