Android Room - How to reset auto generated table primary key on each app run

Question

I\'m using Room in order to persist data. I have a Entity that has a automatically generated (autoGenerate) primary key that mimics a ticket system. On every applica

Answer 1

Taking as model what MikeT says.

I think this can work:

        fun clearAndResetAllTables(): Boolean {
        if (db == null) return false

        // reset all auto-incrementalValues
        val query = SimpleSQLiteQuery("DELETE FROM sqlite_sequence")

        db!!.beginTransaction()
        return try {
            db!!.clearAllTables()
            db!!.query(query)
            db!!.setTransactionSuccessful()
            true
        } catch (e: Exception){
            false
        } finally {
            db!!.endTransaction()
        }
    }