发送带有数据库的应用程序

如果您的应用程序需要数据库并且它带有内置数据，那么发布该应用程序的最佳方式是什么？我是不是该：

1. 预先创建 SQLite 数据库并将其包含在.apk?

2. 在应用程序中包含 SQL 命令并让它创建数据库并在首次使用时插入数据？

我看到的缺点是：

1. 可能的 SQLite 版本不匹配可能会导致问题，我目前不知道数据库应该放在哪里以及如何访问它。

2. 在设备上创建和填充数据库可能需要很长时间。

有什么建议么？有关任何问题的文档的指针将不胜感激。

有两个选项用于创建和更新数据库。

一种是在外部创建一个数据库，然后将其放在项目的assets文件夹中，然后从那里复制整个数据库。如果数据库有很多表和其他组件，这会快得多。通过更改 res/values/strings.xml 文件中的数据库版本号来触发升级。然后，升级将通过以下方式完成：在外部创建一个新数据库，用新数据库替换资产文件夹中的旧数据库，以另一个名称将旧数据库保存在内部存储中，将新数据库从资产文件夹复制到内部存储中，将所有数据库转移到内部存储中。将旧数据库（之前已重命名）中的数据复制到新数据库中，最后删除旧数据库。您最初可以使用以下命令创建数据库SQLite 管理器 FireFox 插件执行您的创建sql语句。

另一个选项是从 sql 文件在内部创建数据库。这不是那么快，但如果数据库只有几个表，用户可能不会注意到延迟。通过更改 res/values/strings.xml 文件中的数据库版本号来触发升级。然后通过处理升级 sql 文件来完成升级。数据库中的数据将保持不变，除非删除其容器（例如删除表）。

下面的示例演示了如何使用任一方法。

这是一个示例 create_database.sql 文件。对于内部方法，将其放置在项目的资产文件夹中，或者复制到SQLite Manager的“执行SQL”中，以创建外部方法的数据库。（注意：请注意有关 Android 所需表的注释。）

--Android requires a table named 'android_metadata' with a 'locale' column
CREATE TABLE "android_metadata" ("locale" TEXT DEFAULT 'en_US');
INSERT INTO "android_metadata" VALUES ('en_US');

CREATE TABLE "kitchen_table";
CREATE TABLE "coffee_table";
CREATE TABLE "pool_table";
CREATE TABLE "dining_room_table";
CREATE TABLE "card_table"; 

这是一个示例 update_database.sql 文件。对于内部方法，将其放置在项目的资产文件夹中，或者复制到SQLite Manager的“执行SQL”中，以创建外部方法的数据库。（注意：请注意，本示例中包含的 sql 解析器将忽略所有三种类型的 SQL 注释。）

--CREATE TABLE "kitchen_table";  This is one type of comment in sql.  It is ignored by parseSql.
/*
 * CREATE TABLE "coffee_table"; This is a second type of comment in sql.  It is ignored by parseSql.
 */
{
CREATE TABLE "pool_table";  This is a third type of comment in sql.  It is ignored by parseSql.
}
/* CREATE TABLE "dining_room_table"; This is a second type of comment in sql.  It is ignored by parseSql. */
{ CREATE TABLE "card_table"; This is a third type of comment in sql.  It is ignored by parseSql. }

--DROP TABLE "picnic_table"; Uncomment this if picnic table was previously created and now is being replaced.
CREATE TABLE "picnic_table" ("plates" TEXT);
INSERT INTO "picnic_table" VALUES ('paper');

以下是要添加到 /res/values/strings.xml 文件中的数据库版本号条目。

<item type="string" name="databaseVersion" format="integer">1</item>

这是访问数据库然后使用它的活动。 (注意：如果数据库代码使用大量资源，您可能希望在单独的线程中运行数据库代码。)

package android.example;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.os.Bundle;

/**
 * @author Danny Remington - MacroSolve
 * 
 *         Activity for demonstrating how to use a sqlite database.
 */
public class Database extends Activity {
     /** Called when the activity is first created. */
     @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        DatabaseHelper myDbHelper;
        SQLiteDatabase myDb = null;

        myDbHelper = new DatabaseHelper(this);
        /*
         * Database must be initialized before it can be used. This will ensure
         * that the database exists and is the current version.
         */
         myDbHelper.initializeDataBase();

         try {
            // A reference to the database can be obtained after initialization.
            myDb = myDbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
            /*
             * Place code to use database here.
             */
         } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
            try {
                myDbHelper.close();
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            } finally {
                myDb.close();
            }
        }

    }
}

这是数据库帮助程序类，必要时在其中创建或更新数据库。（注意：Android 要求您创建一个扩展 SQLiteOpenHelper 的类才能使用 Sqlite 数据库。）

package android.example;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;

/**
 * @author Danny Remington - MacroSolve
 * 
 *         Helper class for sqlite database.
 */
public class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {

    /*
     * The Android's default system path of the application database in internal
     * storage. The package of the application is part of the path of the
     * directory.
     */
    private static String DB_DIR = "/data/data/android.example/databases/";
    private static String DB_NAME = "database.sqlite";
    private static String DB_PATH = DB_DIR + DB_NAME;
    private static String OLD_DB_PATH = DB_DIR + "old_" + DB_NAME;

    private final Context myContext;

    private boolean createDatabase = false;
    private boolean upgradeDatabase = false;

    /**
     * Constructor Takes and keeps a reference of the passed context in order to
     * access to the application assets and resources.
     * 
     * @param context
     */
    public DatabaseHelper(Context context) {
        super(context, DB_NAME, null, context.getResources().getInteger(
                R.string.databaseVersion));
        myContext = context;
        // Get the path of the database that is based on the context.
        DB_PATH = myContext.getDatabasePath(DB_NAME).getAbsolutePath();
    }

    /**
     * Upgrade the database in internal storage if it exists but is not current. 
     * Create a new empty database in internal storage if it does not exist.
     */
    public void initializeDataBase() {
        /*
         * Creates or updates the database in internal storage if it is needed
         * before opening the database. In all cases opening the database copies
         * the database in internal storage to the cache.
         */
        getWritableDatabase();

        if (createDatabase) {
            /*
             * If the database is created by the copy method, then the creation
             * code needs to go here. This method consists of copying the new
             * database from assets into internal storage and then caching it.
             */
            try {
                /*
                 * Write over the empty data that was created in internal
                 * storage with the one in assets and then cache it.
                 */
                copyDataBase();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new Error("Error copying database");
            }
        } else if (upgradeDatabase) {
            /*
             * If the database is upgraded by the copy and reload method, then
             * the upgrade code needs to go here. This method consists of
             * renaming the old database in internal storage, create an empty
             * new database in internal storage, copying the database from
             * assets to the new database in internal storage, caching the new
             * database from internal storage, loading the data from the old
             * database into the new database in the cache and then deleting the
             * old database from internal storage.
             */
            try {
                FileHelper.copyFile(DB_PATH, OLD_DB_PATH);
                copyDataBase();
                SQLiteDatabase old_db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(OLD_DB_PATH, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
                SQLiteDatabase new_db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(DB_PATH,null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
                /*
                 * Add code to load data into the new database from the old
                 * database and then delete the old database from internal
                 * storage after all data has been transferred.
                 */
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new Error("Error copying database");
            }
        }

    }

    /**
     * Copies your database from your local assets-folder to the just created
     * empty database in the system folder, from where it can be accessed and
     * handled. This is done by transfering bytestream.
     * */
    private void copyDataBase() throws IOException {
        /*
         * Close SQLiteOpenHelper so it will commit the created empty database
         * to internal storage.
         */
        close();

        /*
         * Open the database in the assets folder as the input stream.
         */
        InputStream myInput = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);

        /*
         * Open the empty db in interal storage as the output stream.
         */
        OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(DB_PATH);

        /*
         * Copy over the empty db in internal storage with the database in the
         * assets folder.
         */
        FileHelper.copyFile(myInput, myOutput);

        /*
         * Access the copied database so SQLiteHelper will cache it and mark it
         * as created.
         */
        getWritableDatabase().close();
    }

    /*
     * This is where the creation of tables and the initial population of the
     * tables should happen, if a database is being created from scratch instead
     * of being copied from the application package assets. Copying a database
     * from the application package assets to internal storage inside this
     * method will result in a corrupted database.
     * <P>
     * NOTE: This method is normally only called when a database has not already
     * been created. When the database has been copied, then this method is
     * called the first time a reference to the database is retrieved after the
     * database is copied since the database last cached by SQLiteOpenHelper is
     * different than the database in internal storage.
     */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
        /*
         * Signal that a new database needs to be copied. The copy process must
         * be performed after the database in the cache has been closed causing
         * it to be committed to internal storage. Otherwise the database in
         * internal storage will not have the same creation timestamp as the one
         * in the cache causing the database in internal storage to be marked as
         * corrupted.
         */
        createDatabase = true;

        /*
         * This will create by reading a sql file and executing the commands in
         * it.
         */
            // try {
            // InputStream is = myContext.getResources().getAssets().open(
            // "create_database.sql");
            //
            // String[] statements = FileHelper.parseSqlFile(is);
            //
            // for (String statement : statements) {
            // db.execSQL(statement);
            // }
            // } catch (Exception ex) {
            // ex.printStackTrace();
            // }
    }

    /**
     * Called only if version number was changed and the database has already
     * been created. Copying a database from the application package assets to
     * the internal data system inside this method will result in a corrupted
     * database in the internal data system.
     */
    @Override
    public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
        /*
         * Signal that the database needs to be upgraded for the copy method of
         * creation. The copy process must be performed after the database has
         * been opened or the database will be corrupted.
         */
        upgradeDatabase = true;

        /*
         * Code to update the database via execution of sql statements goes
         * here.
         */

        /*
         * This will upgrade by reading a sql file and executing the commands in
         * it.
         */
        // try {
        // InputStream is = myContext.getResources().getAssets().open(
        // "upgrade_database.sql");
        //
        // String[] statements = FileHelper.parseSqlFile(is);
        //
        // for (String statement : statements) {
        // db.execSQL(statement);
        // }
        // } catch (Exception ex) {
        // ex.printStackTrace();
        // }
    }

    /**
     * Called everytime the database is opened by getReadableDatabase or
     * getWritableDatabase. This is called after onCreate or onUpgrade is
     * called.
     */
    @Override
    public void onOpen(SQLiteDatabase db) {
        super.onOpen(db);
    }

    /*
     * Add your public helper methods to access and get content from the
     * database. You could return cursors by doing
     * "return myDataBase.query(....)" so it'd be easy to you to create adapters
     * for your views.
     */

}

下面是 FileHelper 类，其中包含字节流复制文件和解析 sql 文件的方法。

package android.example;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

/**
 * @author Danny Remington - MacroSolve
 * 
 *         Helper class for common tasks using files.
 * 
 */
public class FileHelper {
    /**
     * Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
     * of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
     * it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
     * path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
     * <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
     * operation.
     * 
     * @param fromFile
     *            - InputStream for the file to copy from.
     * @param toFile
     *            - InputStream for the file to copy to.
     */
    public static void copyFile(InputStream fromFile, OutputStream toFile) throws IOException {
        // transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int length;

        try {
            while ((length = fromFile.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                toFile.write(buffer, 0, length);
            }
        }
        // Close the streams
        finally {
            try {
                if (toFile != null) {
                    try {
                        toFile.flush();
                    } finally {
                        toFile.close();
                    }
            }
            } finally {
                if (fromFile != null) {
                    fromFile.close();
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
     * of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
     * it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
     * path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
     * <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
     * operation.
     * 
     * @param fromFile
     *            - String specifying the path of the file to copy from.
     * @param toFile
     *            - String specifying the path of the file to copy to.
     */
    public static void copyFile(String fromFile, String toFile) throws IOException {
        copyFile(new FileInputStream(fromFile), new FileOutputStream(toFile));
    }

    /**
     * Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
     * of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
     * it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
     * path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
     * <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
     * operation.
     * 
     * @param fromFile
     *            - File for the file to copy from.
     * @param toFile
     *            - File for the file to copy to.
     */
    public static void copyFile(File fromFile, File toFile) throws IOException {
        copyFile(new FileInputStream(fromFile), new FileOutputStream(toFile));
    }

    /**
     * Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
     * of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
     * it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
     * path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
     * <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
     * operation.
     * 
     * @param fromFile
     *            - FileInputStream for the file to copy from.
     * @param toFile
     *            - FileInputStream for the file to copy to.
     */
    public static void copyFile(FileInputStream fromFile, FileOutputStream toFile) throws IOException {
        FileChannel fromChannel = fromFile.getChannel();
        FileChannel toChannel = toFile.getChannel();

        try {
            fromChannel.transferTo(0, fromChannel.size(), toChannel);
        } finally {
            try {
                if (fromChannel != null) {
                    fromChannel.close();
                }
            } finally {
                if (toChannel != null) {
                    toChannel.close();
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
     * only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
     * parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
     * comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
     * for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
     * array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
     * 
     * @param sqlFile
     *            - String containing the path for the file that contains sql
     *            statements.
     * 
     * @return String array containing the sql statements.
     */
    public static String[] parseSqlFile(String sqlFile) throws IOException {
        return parseSqlFile(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(sqlFile)));
    }

    /**
     * Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
     * only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
     * parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
     * comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
     * for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
     * array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
     * 
     * @param sqlFile
     *            - InputStream for the file that contains sql statements.
     * 
     * @return String array containing the sql statements.
     */
    public static String[] parseSqlFile(InputStream sqlFile) throws IOException {
        return parseSqlFile(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(sqlFile)));
    }

    /**
     * Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
     * only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
     * parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
     * comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
     * for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
     * array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
     * 
     * @param sqlFile
     *            - Reader for the file that contains sql statements.
     * 
     * @return String array containing the sql statements.
     */
    public static String[] parseSqlFile(Reader sqlFile) throws IOException {
        return parseSqlFile(new BufferedReader(sqlFile));
    }

    /**
     * Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
     * only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
     * parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
     * comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
     * for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
     * array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
     * 
     * @param sqlFile
     *            - BufferedReader for the file that contains sql statements.
     * 
     * @return String array containing the sql statements.
     */
    public static String[] parseSqlFile(BufferedReader sqlFile) throws IOException {
        String line;
        StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder();
        String multiLineComment = null;

        while ((line = sqlFile.readLine()) != null) {
            line = line.trim();

            // Check for start of multi-line comment
            if (multiLineComment == null) {
                // Check for first multi-line comment type
                if (line.startsWith("/*")) {
                    if (!line.endsWith("}")) {
                        multiLineComment = "/*";
                    }
                // Check for second multi-line comment type
                } else if (line.startsWith("{")) {
                    if (!line.endsWith("}")) {
                        multiLineComment = "{";
                }
                // Append line if line is not empty or a single line comment
                } else if (!line.startsWith("--") && !line.equals("")) {
                    sql.append(line);
                } // Check for matching end comment
            } else if (multiLineComment.equals("/*")) {
                if (line.endsWith("*/")) {
                    multiLineComment = null;
                }
            // Check for matching end comment
            } else if (multiLineComment.equals("{")) {
                if (line.endsWith("}")) {
                    multiLineComment = null;
                }
            }

        }

        sqlFile.close();

        return sql.toString().split(";");
    }

}