Where can I store an SQLite database on Windows and OS X?

Question

I'm developing a Qt application that will be distributed on Windows and OS X .

The application makes use of an SQLite database. Where can I keep the database file on both systems for it not to be overridden during application updates?

Note 1 : I already find a similar question about that for OS X . The answer was to keep it in the Application Support using the following command:

NSString * supportDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDir‌​ectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject];

But I need to do that on Windows too. Should I use this command on Windows too?

Note 2 : I'm using an INI file to store my application settings as follows:

QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation);
QSettings *settings = new QSettings(path+"/Settings.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);

The path variable is C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/MyApplication/ (Windows).

Can I store the database file in the same path?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Does QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation cover your requirements for this?

From the qt documentation :

Returns a directory location where persistent application data can be stored. This is an application-specific directory. To obtain a path to store data to be shared with other applications, use QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation. The returned path is never empty. On the Windows operating system, this returns the roaming path. This enum value was added in Qt 5.4.