Android provides several ways to store user and app data. SQLite is one way of storing user data. SQLite is a very light weight database which comes with Android OS. In this tutorial I’ll be discussing how to write classes to handle all SQLite operations.
In this tutorial I am taking an example of storing user contacts in SQLite database. I am using a table called Contacts to store user contacts. This table contains three columns id (INT), name (TEXT), phone_number(TEXT).
Following is the structure of contacts table.
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Writing Contact Class
Before you go further you need to write your Contact class with all getter and setter methods to maintain single contact as an object.
package com.androidhive.androidsqlite;
public class Contact {
//private variables
int _id;
String _name;
String _phone_number;
// Empty constructor
public Contact(){
}
// constructor
public Contact(int id, String name, String _phone_number){
this._id = id;
this._name = name;
this._phone_number = _phone_number;
}
// constructor
public Contact(String name, String _phone_number){
this._name = name;
this._phone_number = _phone_number;
}
// getting ID
public int getID(){
return this._id;
}
// setting id
public void setID(int id){
this._id = id;
}
// getting name
public String getName(){
return this._name;
}
// setting name
public void setName(String name){
this._name = name;
}
// getting phone number
public String getPhoneNumber(){
return this._phone_number;
}
// setting phone number
public void setPhoneNumber(String phone_number){
this._phone_number = phone_number;
}
}
Writing SQLite Database Handler Class
We need to write our own class to handle all database CRUD(Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations.
1. Create a new project by going to File ⇒ New Android Project.
2. Once the project is created, create a new class in your project src directory and name it as DatabaseHandler.java ( Right Click on src/package ⇒ New ⇒ Class)
3. Now extend your DatabaseHandler.java class from SQLiteOpenHelper.
public class DatabaseHandler extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
4. After extending your class from SQLiteOpenHelper you need to override two methods onCreate() and onUpgrage()
onCreate() – These is where we need to write create table statements. This is called when database is created.
onUpgrade() – This method is called when database is upgraded like modifying the table structure, adding constraints to database etc.,
public class DatabaseHandler extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
// All Static variables
// Database Version
private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
// Database Name
private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "contactsManager";
// Contacts table name
private static final String TABLE_CONTACTS = "contacts";
// Contacts Table Columns names
private static final String KEY_ID = "id";
private static final String KEY_NAME = "name";
private static final String KEY_PH_NO = "phone_number";
public DatabaseHandler(Context context) {
super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
}
// Creating Tables
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
String CREATE_CONTACTS_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_CONTACTS + "("
+ KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY," + KEY_NAME + " TEXT,"
+ KEY_PH_NO + " TEXT" + ")";
db.execSQL(CREATE_CONTACTS_TABLE);
}
// Upgrading database
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
// Drop older table if existed
db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + TABLE_CONTACTS);
// Create tables again
onCreate(db);
}
⇒All CRUD Operations (Create, Read, Update and Delete)
Now we need to write methods for handling all database read and write operations. Here we are implementing following methods for our contacts table.
// Adding new contact
public void addContact(Contact contact) {}
// Getting single contact
public Contact getContact(int id) {}
// Getting All Contacts
public List<Contact> getAllContacts() {}
// Getting contacts Count
public int getContactsCount() {}
// Updating single contact
public int updateContact(Contact contact) {}
// Deleting single contact
public void deleteContact(Contact contact) {}
⇒Inserting new Record
The addContact() method accepts Contact object as parameter. We need to build ContentValues parameters using Contact object. Once we inserted data in database we need to close the database connection.
// Adding new contact
public void addContact(Contact contact) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(KEY_NAME, contact.getName()); // Contact Name
values.put(KEY_PH_NO, contact.getPhoneNumber()); // Contact Phone Number
// Inserting Row
db.insert(TABLE_CONTACTS, null, values);
db.close(); // Closing database connection
}
⇒Reading Row(s)
The following method getContact() will read single contact row. It accepts id as parameter and will return the matched row from the database.
// Getting single contact
public Contact getContact(int id) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.query(TABLE_CONTACTS, new String[] { KEY_ID,
KEY_NAME, KEY_PH_NO }, KEY_ID + "=?",
new String[] { String.valueOf(id) }, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor != null)
cursor.moveToFirst();
Contact contact = new Contact(Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(0)),
cursor.getString(1), cursor.getString(2));
// return contact
return contact;
}
getAllContacts() will return all contacts from database in array list format of Contact class type. You need to write a for loop to go through each contact.
// Getting All Contacts
public List<Contact> getAllContacts() {
List<Contact> contactList = new ArrayList<Contact>();
// Select All Query
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_CONTACTS;
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
// looping through all rows and adding to list
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
Contact contact = new Contact();
contact.setID(Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(0)));
contact.setName(cursor.getString(1));
contact.setPhoneNumber(cursor.getString(2));
// Adding contact to list
contactList.add(contact);
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
// return contact list
return contactList;
}
getContactsCount() will return total number of contacts in SQLite database.
// Getting contacts Count
public int getContactsCount() {
String countQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_CONTACTS;
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(countQuery, null);
cursor.close();
// return count
return cursor.getCount();
}
⇒Updating Record
updateContact() will update single contact in database. This method accepts Contact class object as parameter.
// Updating single contact
public int updateContact(Contact contact) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(KEY_NAME, contact.getName());
values.put(KEY_PH_NO, contact.getPhoneNumber());
// updating row
return db.update(TABLE_CONTACTS, values, KEY_ID + " = ?",
new String[] { String.valueOf(contact.getID()) });
}
⇒Deleting Record
deleteContact() will delete single contact from database.
// Deleting single contact
public void deleteContact(Contact contact) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
db.delete(TABLE_CONTACTS, KEY_ID + " = ?",
new String[] { String.valueOf(contact.getID()) });
db.close();
}
Complete DatabaseHandler.java Code:
package com.androidhive.androidsqlite;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
public class DatabaseHandler extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
// All Static variables
// Database Version
private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
// Database Name
private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "contactsManager";
// Contacts table name
private static final String TABLE_CONTACTS = "contacts";
// Contacts Table Columns names
private static final String KEY_ID = "id";
private static final String KEY_NAME = "name";
private static final String KEY_PH_NO = "phone_number";
public DatabaseHandler(Context context) {
super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
}
// Creating Tables
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
String CREATE_CONTACTS_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_CONTACTS + "("
+ KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY," + KEY_NAME + " TEXT,"
+ KEY_PH_NO + " TEXT" + ")";
db.execSQL(CREATE_CONTACTS_TABLE);
}
// Upgrading database
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
// Drop older table if existed
db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + TABLE_CONTACTS);
// Create tables again
onCreate(db);
}
/**
* All CRUD(Create, Read, Update, Delete) Operations
*/
// Adding new contact
void addContact(Contact contact) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(KEY_NAME, contact.getName()); // Contact Name
values.put(KEY_PH_NO, contact.getPhoneNumber()); // Contact Phone
// Inserting Row
db.insert(TABLE_CONTACTS, null, values);
db.close(); // Closing database connection
}
// Getting single contact
Contact getContact(int id) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.query(TABLE_CONTACTS, new String[] { KEY_ID,
KEY_NAME, KEY_PH_NO }, KEY_ID + "=?",
new String[] { String.valueOf(id) }, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor != null)
cursor.moveToFirst();
Contact contact = new Contact(Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(0)),
cursor.getString(1), cursor.getString(2));
// return contact
return contact;
}
// Getting All Contacts
public List<Contact> getAllContacts() {
List<Contact> contactList = new ArrayList<Contact>();
// Select All Query
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_CONTACTS;
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
// looping through all rows and adding to list
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
Contact contact = new Contact();
contact.setID(Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(0)));
contact.setName(cursor.getString(1));
contact.setPhoneNumber(cursor.getString(2));
// Adding contact to list
contactList.add(contact);
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
// return contact list
return contactList;
}
// Updating single contact
public int updateContact(Contact contact) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(KEY_NAME, contact.getName());
values.put(KEY_PH_NO, contact.getPhoneNumber());
// updating row
return db.update(TABLE_CONTACTS, values, KEY_ID + " = ?",
new String[] { String.valueOf(contact.getID()) });
}
// Deleting single contact
public void deleteContact(Contact contact) {
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
db.delete(TABLE_CONTACTS, KEY_ID + " = ?",
new String[] { String.valueOf(contact.getID()) });
db.close();
}
// Getting contacts Count
public int getContactsCount() {
String countQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + TABLE_CONTACTS;
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(countQuery, null);
cursor.close();
// return count
return cursor.getCount();
}
}
Usage:
package com.androidhive.androidsqlite;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class AndroidSQLiteTutorialActivity extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
DatabaseHandler db = new DatabaseHandler(this);
/**
* CRUD Operations
* */
// Inserting Contacts
Log.d("Insert: ", "Inserting ..");
db.addContact(new Contact("Ravi", "9100000000"));
db.addContact(new Contact("Srinivas", "9199999999"));
db.addContact(new Contact("Tommy", "9522222222"));
db.addContact(new Contact("Karthik", "9533333333"));
// Reading all contacts
Log.d("Reading: ", "Reading all contacts..");
List<Contact> contacts = db.getAllContacts();
for (Contact cn : contacts) {
String log = "Id: "+cn.getID()+" ,Name: " + cn.getName() + " ,Phone: " + cn.getPhoneNumber();
// Writing Contacts to log
Log.d("Name: ", log);
}
}
}
Android Log Cat Report:
I am writing output to Log report. You can see your log report by going to Windows ⇒ Show View ⇒ Other.. ⇒ Android ⇒ Log Cat.
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