Great tip Omar, thanks for sharing it here. Sort of a hack, hopefully the platform will get better support for this in general, but sure beats the other methods I have tried to load up data at startup.
On Mar 27, 4:08 pm, OmarFlores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > If someone might need a way to send a sqlite db with the app and then > to copy it to a directory such as /data/data/yourApp/databases, here > is a fast way to do it: > > Place the db file in the assets folder (this example can be found in: > droiddraw.org | Tutorials | Third Party Tutorials by Omar F, or > inhttp://coreintent.googlepages.com/) > > Use the following code: > > /** > * Demonstration of styled text resources. > */ > public class assets extends Activity > { > @Override > protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) > { > super.onCreate(icicle); > > // See assets/res/any/layout/styled_text.xml for this > // view layout definition. > setContentView(R.layout.read_asset); > > try { > // Open the file > InputStream in = getAssets().open("psalmsdb"); > > // Open the output file > String outFilename = "/data/data/com.assets/databases/ > psalmsdb33"; > OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outFilename); > > // Transfer bytes from the input file to the output file > byte[] buf = new byte[1024]; > int len; > while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) { > out.write(buf, 0, len); > } > > // Close the streams > out.close(); > in.close(); > } catch (IOException e) { > } > AlertDialog.show(this, "mensaje",1, "finished", "Cancel", > false); > } > > } > > Cheers, > > Omar Flores. > > PS: Thanks to Zach Hobbs for pointing me in the right direction when I > was looking for a way to include the db in the delivery package. > Other 'credits' can be found in the above link. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
