Using the LIMIT statement in a SQLite query

Question

I have a query that selects rows in a ListView without having a limit. But now that I have implemented a SharedPreferences that the user can select

Answer 1

For anyone stumbling across this answer looking for a way to use a LIMIT clause with an OFFSET, I found out from this bug that Android uses the following regex to parse the limit clause of a query:

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LIMIT clause is checked with following sLimitPattern.

private static final Pattern sLimitPattern = Pattern.compile("\\s*\\d+\\s*(,\\s*\\d+\\s*)?");

Note that the regex does accept the format offsetNumber,limitNumber even though it doesn't accept the OFFSET statement directly.