Android sqlite connector

Java classes with abstract interface layers to provide a simple, easy-to-use Java interface to the andriod-sqlite-native-driver library (may be adapted for other Java environments).

With a simple test Android app included.

by Christopher J. Brody aka Chris Brody mailto: brodybits@litehelpers.net

License: UNLICENSE (public domain).

Dependencies

Included:

• src/io/liteglue/SQLiteNative.java - low-level Java class from @liteglue / Android-sqlite-native-driver

Not included

• Native Android libraries, provided in sqlite-native-driver-libs.zip as built from @liteglue / Android-sqlite-native-driver

TBD (TEMPORARILY BROKEN) Alternative native library builds

• SQLCipher - sqlcipher-native-driver.jar with native Android libraries that provide SQLCipher, as built from @liteglue / Android-sqlcipher-native-driver
• SQLite with ICU - Native Android libraries with ICU built-in, as built from @liteglue / Android-sqlite-native-driver-ICU

WARNING: It is recommended to extract the native per-CPU Android library subdirectories from the JAR and put them in the libs directory of your project. Some newer Android systems do not

Installation

Include the following in your libs directory:

• Contents of the libs subdirectory from sqlite-native-driver-libs.zip, as built from @liteglue / Android-sqlite-native-driver -- or sqlcipher-native-driver.jar as built in @liteglue / Android-sqlcipher-native-driver
• sqlite-connector.jar, which is built by simply issuing the make command in this project

Testing

There is a simple test project in the Android-SQLiteConnectorTest subdirectory. To test:

• Build sqlite-connector.jar in this project (using the make command)
• Build the sqlite-native-driver native libs in @liteglue / Android-sqlite-native-driver
• cd Android-SQLiteConnectorTest
• Install sqlite-connector.jar and the contents of the libs subdirectory from sqlite-native-driver-libs.zip into the libs subdirectory of Android-SQLiteConnectorTest as described above
• You may have to update your project using a command like: android update project -p .
• install it on your emulator or device: ant debug install
• run it on your emulator or device

Sample API Usage

IMPORTANT: Most of the methods described here will throw java.sql.SQLException if the sqlite library reports an error or if they detect a problem with the usage.

First step

Import io.liteglue package:

import io.liteglue.*;

Get a SQLiteConnector (factory) instance:

SQLiteConnector myconnector = new SQLiteConnector();

Open a database

File dbfile = new File(getFilesDir(), "my.db");

SQLiteConnection mydbc = myconnector.newSQLiteConnection(dbfile.getAbsolutePath(),
    SQLiteOpenFlags.READWRITE | SQLiteOpenFlags.CREATE);

OPTIONAL, for use with sqlcipher-native-driver.jar only: to specify the password key:

mydbc.keyNativeString("your-password");

Prepare and run a simple statement (with no parameters)

SQLiteStatement mystatement = mydbc.prepareStatement("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mytable (text1 TEXT, num1 INTEGER, num2 INTEGER, real1 REAL)");
mystatement.step();
mystatement.dispose();

IMPORTANT: Whenever SQLiteConnection.prepareStatement() successfully returns a SQLiteStatement, it must be cleaned up using its dispose() method.

Prepare and run a statement with parameter values

SQLiteStatement mystatement = mydbc.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO mytable (text1, num1, num2, real1) VALUES (?,?,?,?)");

mystatement.bindTextNativeString(1, "test");
mystatement.bindInteger(2, 10100);
mystatement.bindLong(3, 0x1230000abcdL);
mystatement.bindDouble(4, 123456.789);

mystatement.step();
mystatement.dispose();

SELECT data and get row result(s)

SQLiteStatement mystatement = mydbc.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM mytable;");

boolean keep_going = mystatement.step();
while (keep_going) {
    int colcount = colcount = mystatement.getColumnCount();
    android.util.Log.e("MySQLiteApp", "Row with " + colcount + " columns");

    for (int i=0; i<colcount; ++i) {
        int coltype = mystatement.getColumnType(i);
        switch(coltype) {
        case SQLColumnType.INTEGER:
            android.util.Log.e("MySQLiteApp",
                "Col " + i + " type: INTEGER (long) value: 0x" +
                    java.lang.Long.toHexString(mystatement.getColumnLong(i)));
            break;

        case SQLColumnType.REAL:
            android.util.Log.e("MySQLiteApp",
                "Col " + i + " type: REAL value: " + mystatement.getColumnDouble(i));
            break;

        case SQLColumnType.NULL:
            android.util.Log.e("MySQLiteApp", "Col " + i + " type: NULL (no value)");
            break;

        default:
            android.util.Log.e("MySQLiteApp",
                "Col " + i + " type: " + ((coltype == SQLColumnType.BLOB) ? "BLOB" : "TEXT") +
                    " value: " + mystatement.getColumnTextNativeString(i));
            break;
        }
    }
    keep_going = mystatement.step();
}
mystatement.dispose();

Close the database connection

mydbc.dispose();

Internals

• Multiple layers with abstract interfaces to make it easier to replace the lower-level SQLiteGlue native database interface