Location of sqlite database on the device

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I ve created a sqlite database programmatically with the default way of extending SQLiteOpenHelper and overriding onCreate    This way the db gets created on the fly when needed   I d like to check the contents of the db file on my OS X machine with a sqlite browser  I know the name of the db file  but I can t find it on the device  I ve connected to the device via USB and looked with finder and terminal  but I just can t find the db file    What is the default location for a sqlite databases on an android device

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If you name your db as a file without giving a path then most common way to get its folder is like:

final File dbFile = new File(getFilesDir().getParent()+"/databases/"+DBAdapter.DATABASE_NAME);

where DBAdapter.DATABASE_NAME is just a String like "mydatabase.db".
Context.getFilesDir() returns path for app's files like: /data/data/<your.app.packagename>/files/ thats why you need to .getParent()+"/databases/", to remove "files" and add "databases" instead.
BTW Eclipse will warn you about hardcoded "data/data/" string but not in this case.

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If you re talking about real device  data data  lt application-package-name gt  is unaccessible  You must have root rights

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For this  what I did is  File f new File   data data your app package databases your db db3    FileInputStream fis null  FileOutputStream fos null   try     fis new FileInputStream f     fos new FileOutputStream   mnt sdcard db dump db      while true          int i fis read        if i  -1       fos write i        else      break         fos flush      Toast makeText this   DB dump OK   Toast LENGTH LONG  show      catch Exception e      e printStackTrace      Toast makeText this   DB dump ERROR   Toast LENGTH LONG  show      finally     try         fos close        fis close          catch IOException ioe           And to do this  your app must have permission to access SD card  add following setting to your manifest xml   lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt    Not a brilliant way  but works

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You can find your database file   Context getDatabasePath getDatabaseName     getDatabaseName from class SQLiteOpenHelper

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You can find your created database  named  lt your-database-name gt   in    data data  lt Your-Application-Package-Name gt  databases  lt your-database-name gt    Pull it out using File explorer and rename it to have  db3 extension to use it in SQLiteExplorer  Use File explorer of DDMS to navigate to emulator directory

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This is and old question  but answering may help others   Default path where Android saves databases can not be accesed on non-rooted devices  So  the easiest way to access to database file  only for debugging environments  is to modify the constructor of the class   public class MySQLiteOpenHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper       MySQLiteOpenHelper Context context            super context    mnt sdcard database name db   null  0             Remember to change for production environments with these lines   public class MySQLiteOpenHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper       MySQLiteOpenHelper Context context            super context   database name db   null  0

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public class MySQLiteOpenHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper         MySQLiteOpenHelper Context context              super context    mnt sdcard database name db   null  0               Do not hardcode   sdcard    use Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   getPath   instead

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data data packagename databases   ie   data data com example program databases

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You can access it using adb shell how-to  Content from above link      Tutorial   How to access a Android database by using a command line    When your start dealing with a database in your program  it is really   important and useful to be able to access it directly  outside your   program  to check what the program has just done  and to debug       And it is important also on Android       Here is how to do that        1  Launch the emulator  or connect your real device to your PC    I   usually launch one of my program from Eclipse for this  2  Launch a   command prompt in the android tools directory  3  type adb shell  This   will launch an unix shell on your emulator   connected device  4  go   to the directory where your database is   cd data data here you have   the list of all the applications on your device Go in your application   directory   beware  Unix is case sensitive      cd   com alocaly LetterGame and descend in your databases directory   cd   databases Here you can find all your databases  In my case  there is   only one   now     SCORE DB 5  Launch sqlite on the database you want   to check   change   sqlite3 SCORE DB From here  you can check what   tables are present    tables 6  enter any SQL instruction you want     select   from Score       This is quite simple  but every time I need it  I don t know where to   find it

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The Context contains many path functions  Context getXXXPath    One of them is android content Context getDatabasePath String dbname  that returns the absolute path of a database called dbname   Context ctx   this     for Activity  or Service  Otherwise simply get the context  String dbname    mydb db   Path dbpath   ctx getDatabasePath dbname     The returned path  in this case  would be something like    data data com me myapp databases mydb db   Note that this path is autogenerated if using SQLiteOpenHelper to open the DB

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If your application creates a database  this database is by default saved in the directory DATA data APP NAME databases FILENAME   The parts of the above directory are constructed based on the following rules  DATA is the path which the Environment getDataDirectory   method returns  APP NAME is your application name  FILENAME is the name you specify in your application code for the database

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well this might be late but it will help  You can access the database without rooting your device through adb  start the adb using cmd and type the following commands  -run-as com your package   -shell android  data data com your package   ls   cache   databases   lib   shared prefs     Now you can open from here on

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By Default it stores to       String DATABASE PATH     data data     PACKAGE NAME     databases     DATABASE NAME   Where   String DATABASE NAME    your dbname   String PACKAGE NAME    com example your app name     And check whether your database is stored to Device Storage  If So  You have to use permission in Manifest xml     lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt

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Do not hardcode path like   data data  lt Your-Application-Package-Name gt  databases  lt your-database-name gt   Well it does work in most cases  but this one is not working in devices where device can support multiple users  The path can be like   data user 10  lt Your-Application-Package-Name gt  databases  lt your-database-name gt   Possible solution to this is using context getDatabasePath  lt your-database-name gt

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You can also check whether your IDE has a utility like Eclipse s DDMS perspective which allows you to browse through the directory and or copy files to and from the Emulator or a rooted device

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Define your database name like    private static final String DATABASE NAME     mnt sdcard hri database db     And you can see your database in    storage sdcard0 yourdatabasename db

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A SQLite database is just a file  You can take that file  move it around  and even copy it to another system  for example  from your phone to your workstation   and it will work fine  Android stores the file in the  data data packagename databases  directory  You can use the adb command or the File Explorer view in Eclipse  Window  gt  Show View  gt  Other     gt  Android  gt  File Explorer  to view  move  or delete it

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