Can I download an SQLite db on /sdcard and access it from my Android app?

Question

I already found out that there is no way to bundle files in an .apk and have them on /sdcard, the best option so far being to download the large files upon first run. I came

Answer 1

Just an idea:

• you can put your database.db into the assets folder.

• if your database.db file is larger than 2Mb the system is unable to compress it, so you need other one options

• you can rename your database.db for example database.jit or database.mp3 - which are not compressed, than at the first run you can rename it to database.db