Get databases directory for my app programmatically

Question

I want to use a \"pre loaded\" database in my app. There are tons of questions about this and most point to this blog article here or similars.

So far so good. I jus

Answer 1

Used by SQLiteAssetHelper:

 String path = mContext.getDatabasePath(mName).getPath();

At this time, the database doesn't exist. I think the String just takes the internal path and adds the appropriate modifiers. In fact, this seems to work just fine:

context.getDatabasePath("a").getParentFile()

Basically, you don't need to have a real database created, just ask it for one.