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1. Creating and Using Databases in Android Part 01

Introduction Database support is the lifeline of every application, big or small. Unless your application deals only with simple data, you need a database system to store your structured data. Android uses the SQLite database system, which is an...

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2. Creating and Using Databases in Android Part 02

Introduction In this article we will see how to use our database created in part 1, so if you're here and didn't see the first part, here is: Creating and Using Databases in Android Part 01 Creating and Using Databases in Android Part 02...

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3. Creating and Using Databases in Android Part 03

Introduction In this article we will see how to use our database created in part 1 and 2, so if you're here and didn't see those parts, here are: Creating and Using Databases in Android Part 01 Creating and Using Databases in Android Part 02...

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4. How to have a default database

Introduction SDK Version: M3 If you want to include a database with initial data in your apk, you have to insert the database file into the projects assets folder, then programmatically check if the database, and if it does not exists copy the...

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5. Connecting to MySQL database

Introduction SDK Version: M3 The most spread method to connect to a remote MySQL database from an android device, is to put some kind of service into the middle. Since MySQL is usually used together with PHP, the easiest and most obvious way to...

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6. SQLite Basics

Introduction SQLite is an embedded SQL database engine. Unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have a separate server process. SQLite reads and writes directly to ordinary disk files. A complete SQL database with multiple tables,...

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7. Enabling the Android Move To SD Card Feature

Introduction This Android Quick Tip will show you how to allow your end-users to optionally save valuable device storage space by choosing to store your application on their removable SD card. Final Result Preview This tutorial will take an...

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8. SQLite Course for Android

Introduction Android applications can store application data in SQLite databases. In this tutorial, you learn how SQLite databases are designed and manipulated. Here we begin by designing and using a simple SQLite database to manage chess...

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9. Using the SQLite Database with ListView

Introduction The dev guide provides information on how to set up a database for your application. This essentially involves extending SQLiteOpenHelper and overriding its onCreate and onUpgrade methods. Both methods are given a SQLiteDatabase...

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10. File Manipulation on Android

Introduction File manipulation on an Android device is stupid easy, as long as you know how to interact with files in Java and as long as you stay within your application’s designated space. The former, well, this post isn’t going to fill in...

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11. Content Providers: Using and Creating them

Introduction In a previous Android article showed how to store data from Android using a SQLite database. Storing your data in a database is one good way to persist your data, but there's a caveat in Android—databases created in Android are...

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12. Data Management Option on Android

Introduction This Android quick tip will introduce you to the various data storage options available on the Android platform. A brief practical overview with considerations for each storage option will also be provided. When you develop...

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