Should there be one SQLiteOpenHelper for each table in the database?

Question

Is it better to have a single big SQLiteOpenHelper subclass that defines onCreate and onUpgrade methods for every table in the databas

Answer 1

Just for the sake of a different approach:

You can always overried on the onOpen(..) method have it called your onCreate(..) . Be sure to use the "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS..." statement rather than "CREATE TABLE"

    @Override
public void onOpen(SQLiteDatabase db) {
    onCreate(db);
}

@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
    String CREATE_FRIENDS_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ...";
    db.execSQL(CREATE_FRIENDS_TABLE);
}

You do that with every class that extends from SQLiteOpenHelper