Android Sqlite Performance

Question

I have been doing some experiments to measure sqlite performance on android. I was disappointed a little bit with the results. What i did was inserting 10.000 queries to ta

Answer 1

Use SQLite transaction for speed up

Use BEGIN TRANSACTION & END TRANSACTION for SQLite Optimization

Each SQL statement is enclosed in a new transaction block by SQLite runtime, by default. Sowhen you perform a basic DB operation such as INSERT, a transaction block will be created and wrapped around it.

Letting SQLite runtime manage the transaction for you is advisable only if your routine performs only one DB operation on a data set. However, if you are doing numerous DB operations (say INSERT inside for loop), this becomes very expensive, since it requires reopening, writing to, and closing the journal file for each statement. You may refer

1. Android SQLite database: slow insertion

2. http://www.androidcode.ninja/android-sqlite-transaction-tutorial/

3. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/software-engineer/turbocharge-your-sqlite-inserts-on-android/

4. http://www.android-app-market.com/sqlite-optimization-in-android-programming-sqlite-optimization-in-android-apps.html