Populate Android Database From CSV file?

Question

Is it possible to take a csv file stored in the res/raw resource directory and use it to populate a table in the sqlite3 database?

My thought was that, if there was

Answer 1

I spent a lot of time looking for a simple solution and came up with this little bit of code myself. For future people looking for this like I was you can use this:

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(your csv file source here);
String reader = "";
while ((reader = in.readLine()) != null){
    String[] RowData = reader.split(",");
    date = RowData[0];
    value = RowData[1];
    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
    values.put(CsvProvider.DATE, date);
    values.put(CsvProvider.VALUE, value);
    getContentResolver().insert(CsvProvider.CONTENT_URI, values);
}
in.close();

My CSV file has no titles and only has 2 columns but more than two columns should not be a problem. Just remember to specify what is splitting your columns and for each column add another RowData[#](you have to start with 0). You want to make sure whatever you are going to do with each line is done before you call in.close(). I am using a content provider but you can really do whatever you want with the data like append it to a String[] or whatever else.

While I am using an input stream you can point the BufferedReader to wherever you want. As long as the BufferedReader can read it then it will work.