Two prepackaged databases using sqliteassethelper

Question

So I am trying to prepackage a second database using SQLiteAssetHelper and am curious of the correct way to format the provider file. I have already create my DatabaseHelper and all the additional files i need, but need to know how to get the second database created. Currently, my provider file looks as such:

Provider.java

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package com.rcd.mypr.Workouts;

import android.content.ContentProvider;
import android.content.ContentUris;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.UriMatcher;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.SQLException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQueryBuilder;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.provider.BaseColumns;
import android.text.TextUtils;

public class Provider extends ContentProvider {
    private static final int CONSTANTS = 1;
    private static final int CONSTANT_ID = 2;
    private static final UriMatcher MATCHER;
    private static final String TABLE = "constants";

    public static final class Constants implements BaseColumns {
        public static final Uri CONTENT_URI =
                Uri.parse("content://com.commonsware.android.constants.Provider/constants");
        public static final String DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER = "title";
        public static final String TITLE = "title";
        public static final String VALUE = "value";
    }

    static {
        MATCHER = new UriMatcher(UriMatcher.NO_MATCH);
        MATCHER.addURI("com.commonsware.android.constants.Provider",
                "constants", CONSTANTS);
        MATCHER.addURI("com.commonsware.android.constants.Provider",
                "constants/#", CONSTANT_ID);
    }

    private WorkoutsDatabaseHelper db = null;
    private TheBenchmarkGirlsDatabaseHelper db2 = null;

    @Override
    public boolean onCreate() {
        db = new WorkoutsDatabaseHelper(getContext());
        db2 = new TheBenchmarkGirlsDatabaseHelper(getContext());

        return ((db == null) ? false : true);
    }

    @Override
    public Cursor query(Uri url, String[] projection, String selection,
                        String[] selectionArgs, String sort) {
        SQLiteQueryBuilder qb = new SQLiteQueryBuilder();

        qb.setTables(TABLE);

        String orderBy;

        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(sort)) {
            orderBy = Constants.DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER;
        } else {
            orderBy = sort;
        }

        Cursor c =
                qb.query(db.getReadableDatabase(), projection, selection,
                        selectionArgs, null, null, orderBy);

        c.setNotificationUri(getContext().getContentResolver(), url);

        return (c);
    }

    @Override
    public String getType(Uri url) {
        if (isCollectionUri(url)) {
            return ("vnd.commonsware.cursor.dir/constant");
        }

        return ("vnd.commonsware.cursor.item/constant");
    }

    @Override
    public Uri insert(Uri url, ContentValues initialValues) {
        long rowID =
                db.getWritableDatabase().insert(TABLE, Constants.TITLE,
                        initialValues);

        if (rowID > 0) {
            Uri uri =
                    ContentUris.withAppendedId(Provider.Constants.CONTENT_URI,
                            rowID);
            getContext().getContentResolver().notifyChange(uri, null);

            return (uri);
        }

        throw new SQLException("Failed to insert row into " + url);
    }

    @Override
    public int delete(Uri url, String where, String[] whereArgs) {
        int count = db.getWritableDatabase().delete(TABLE, where, whereArgs);

        getContext().getContentResolver().notifyChange(url, null);

        return (count);
    }

    @Override
    public int update(Uri url, ContentValues values, String where,
                      String[] whereArgs) {
        int count =
                db.getWritableDatabase()
                        .update(TABLE, values, where, whereArgs);

        getContext().getContentResolver().notifyChange(url, null);

        return (count);
    }

    private boolean isCollectionUri(Uri url) {
        return (MATCHER.match(url) == CONSTANTS);
    }
}

I stopped right around modifying the onCreate as I wasn't sure how to have it check if both or either db didnt exist and proceed correctly from there.

Any insight would be appreciated!

Thanks

EDIT: I just got to thinking about it, does it make more sense to just have a second table in the original database, rather than create an entirely new database?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Are you trying to use one database if the other doesn't exist and need to determine which one is present? Other than that, in my provider, I have have multiple database helpers defined and determine which one to use based on the uri matcher. I just use a bitmask so for example, 100x is dbHelper2 and 200x is dbHelper2. So you could do the following:

private static final int WORKOUT_CONSTANTS = 1001;
private static final int GIRLS_CONSTANTS = 2001;

private DbHelper getDbHelper(Uri uri)
{
    int uriCode = MATCHER.match(url);
    switch ((int)(uriCode / 1000))
    {
        case 1:
            return db1;
        case 2:
            return db2;
    }

    return null;
}

Answer 2

I just got to thinking about it, does it make more sense to just have a second table in the original database, rather than create an entirely new database?

Absolutely. A developer rarely needs more than one SQLite database directly. By "directly", I am specifically not counting the database that might be created by the use of a WebView widget, which happens "under the covers" from the standpoint of your application code.