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

Delete old Db when uninstall the app.

Setting android:allowBackup="false" in the application tag in AndroidManifest.xml fixed the problem. It seems that for some weird reason the Android OS was restoring from a backup every time I deployed the app.