Fastest and most efficient way to pre-populate database in Android

Question

If you want to pre-populate a database (SQLite) in Android, this is not that easy as one might think.

So I found this tutorial which is often referenced here on Stac

Answer 1

I suggest the following:

1. Wrap all of your INSERT logic into a transaction (BEGIN... COMMIT, or via the beginTransaction()... endTransaction() APIs)
2. As already suggested, utilize the bind APIs and recycle objects.
3. Don't create any indexes until after this bulk insert is complete.

Additionally take a look at Faster bulk inserts in sqlite3?