Android Sqlite Essentials

by Sunny Kumar Aditya, Vikash Kumar Karn

This is an ideal book for Android programmers who want to explore SQLite databases based on Android applications. The general competency level expected of the reader is prior knowledge of developing applications and basic knowledge of Android and SQL.

110 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Fabio Radin · Rating 5 out of 5]

In every Android (and not) application what makes the difference is the information the application could transfer or give. In other words, data. Databases are the heart of applications (both locally managed or server sided). Google, Yahoo, Facebook, manage a lot of information and data using databases to store, retrieve, query and search the particular information you need. In an Android device, SQLite is the engine feeding every database-centric application.

The book by Sunny Kumar Aditya and Vikash Kumar Karn gives a very detailed and exhaustive description of several techniques that could be used with Android SQLite databases. First two chapters are unproductive and give the reader all the basic knowledge to start working with SQLite in an Android application. Several best practices are explained as well, bringing the reader to the third chapter, where the Content Provider is described. This is the powerful engine enabling application to connect in an abstract way to a database, sharing information between applications and so on. In the end, the last chapter explains loaders and security issues.

The book is written in a simple and concise way. It is really simple to be read and the examples provided with the book are useful and well suited for the book. A must for every Android (and not) developer who wants to be introduced to the database world...

[Alain Couniot · Rating 5 out of 5]

This ebook, as most entries of PacktPub's Essentials series, is a fairly short one (127 p.). The authors have nevertheless managed to give a broad (and, in my humble opinion, fairly exhaustive) high-level coverage of how to make the best use of the SQLite database on the Android platform.

Specific aspects of data sharing and application development on Android are duly addressed. Source code examples, practical hints and even "best practices" are provided.

Highly recommended for Android developers!

[Bill Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Android SQLite Essentials

Absolutely love this book, I was saving data from my phone through ssh and winscp which was just easier than using scp. Now onto the book, chapter 1 was pretty aggressive as another reviewer mentioned and I'd have to agree. I know the book is about Android but the iOS also uses sqlite so it's worth noting, this book is just focused on the latter. The book was organized rather well and I loved the chapter on "Thread Safely."

You get the whole deal with this book from how to interact with your data and getting setup for success with a hands on approach that in my opinion is the total package. If you want to get started with making more robust applications than this is a no brainier.

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[Mohsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really helped me in best understanding how to use SQLite in Android and contains lots of useful aspects and incredibly informative content that no one knows about SQLite.