Unable to open database in Android Pie (Android 9)

Question

I used checkDataBase function to ensure if the database already exist to avoid re-copying the file each time you open the application in Oreo. But in Android Pie it is not w

Answer 1

Override following method on SQLiteOpenHelper class for android PIE OS version.

@Override
public void onOpen(SQLiteDatabase db) {
    super.onOpen(db);
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
        db.disableWriteAheadLogging();
    }
}

Answer 2

I got the solution. In Android Oreo and below version, the way i am accessing db works fine but in Android Pie it wasn't working.This is the way to handle it in Android Pie.

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
        MySQLiteOpenHelper helper = new MySQLiteOpenHelper();
        SQLiteDatabase database = helper.getReadableDatabase();
        myPath = database.getPath();

    } else {
        String DB_PATH = Environment.getDataDirectory() + "/data/my.trial.app/databases/";
        myPath = DB_PATH + dbName;
    }

    checkDB = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
    checkDB.disableWriteAheadLogging();

Answer 3

context.getDatabasePath(the_database_name).getPath();

Works fine since getDatabasePath() returns the absolute path on the filesystem where a database created. Works for all version of android