Thanks very much for your reply; I suspect you're right.
On Jan 12, 9:31 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sundog wrote:
> > The best way I have found to populate my SQL database upon install is
> > to read an included text file of SQL insert statements and execute
> > them.
>
> Yes, that trick works fairly well. In fact, I have a section in my
> upcoming Advanced Android book that covers this technique.
>
> > However the file is fairly large and I'd like to delete it from
> > the phone after use, since it's only used once. Is there a way to do
> > this?
>
> No. APKs are immutable once installed.
>
> Since APKs are ZIP files, the compressed SQL statements might not take
> up all that much room, since text files compress well. You might want to
> examine how much space they are really consuming in your particular case
> -- it might not be worth worrying much about.
>
> --
> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com
>
> Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20,
> 2009http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
