Android SQLite Database Tutorial and Project

In this application, we will learn how to use SQLite database in android to save values and
retrieve back from it. SQLite database does not support complex operators or function, so it does
not support join, group by, no data type integrity etc. other wise it is same as other databases.
There are three data types in SQLite:

1) TEXT: to store any value as a text

2) Integer: to store integer type value
3) Real: to store floating type value

But as we said it does not support data type integrity so we can use any data type and we can
store any type of value in it. So let's start our project, create new project and here we are using
two buttons, first button is used to take value from edit text boxes and save them to SQLite
database, The second button is used to retrieve all data from database and display them on text
view which is scrollable. The code of android XML file is given below:

<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#abc" >
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:maxLines="1"
android:hint="Name"
android:layout_marginTop="28dp"
android:ems="10" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1"
android:layout_below="@+id/editText1"
android:hint="Sur Name"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ems="10" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText2"
android:layout_alignRight="@+id/editText2"
android:layout_below="@+id/editText2"
android:text="Insert Values"
android:onClick="insert"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/button1"
android:layout_alignRight="@+id/button1"
android:layout_below="@+id/button1"
android:onClick="display"
android:text="Display all Values" />
<ScrollView
android:id="@+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_below="@+id/button2" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:textSize="20sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

Now open your Java file and initialize all objects.

-> To create new database or open existed database use: openOrCreataDatabase() and pass
name of the database and open it in private mode.
-> To run any query except select query use: execSQL()
-> To select values from database use: rawQuery()
The code of android Java file is given below with explanation:

package com.example.checkblogapp; //your package name

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

SQLiteDatabase db;
TextView tv;
EditText et1,et2;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//initialize all view objects
tv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
et1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
et2=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);
//create database if not already exist
db= openOrCreateDatabase("Mydb", MODE_PRIVATE, null);
//create new table if not already exist
db.execSQL("create table if not exists mytable(name varchar,
sur_name varchar)");
}
//This method will call on when we click on insert button
public void insert(View v)
 {
String name=et1.getText().toString();
String sur_name=et2.getText().toString();
et1.setText("");
et2.setText("");
//insert data into able
db.execSQL("insert into mytable
values('"+name+"','"+sur_name+"')");
//display Toast
Toast.makeText(this, "values inserted successfully.",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
//This method will call when we click on display button
public void display(View v)
{
//use cursor to keep all data
//cursor can keep data of any data type
Cursor c=db.rawQuery("select * from mytable", null);
tv.setText("");
//move cursor to first position
c.moveToFirst();
//fetch all data one by one
do
{
//we can use c.getString(0) here
//or we can get data using column index
String name=c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("name"));
String surname=c.getString(1);
//display on text view
tv.append("Name:"+name+" and SurName:"+surname+"\n");
//move next position until end of the data
}while(c.moveToNext());
}
}

Now run your project and test this application. Complete project on SQLite are also