How to delete SQLite database from Android programmatically

Question

I would like to delete the database file from the Android file system programatically? Can I have a shell script launch adb which in turns runs a

Answer 1

context.deleteDatabase(DATABASE_NAME); will delete the database only if all the connections are closed. If you are maintaining singleton instance for handling your database helper - it is easy to close the opened Connection.

Incase the databasehelper is used in multiple place by instantiating directly, the deleteDatabase + killProcess will do the job even if some connections are open. This can be used if the application scenario doesn't have any issues in restarting the app.