How to copy sqlite db from Asset Folder in Android ?

 1. Put the dbfile in the asset folder.

2. Create an instance to the dbFile.

File dbfile=new File(parentfolder,dbfile); (we can choose any folder as parent folder)

3. Check whether db is existing or not. if not copy it to the folder.

        if (!dbfile.exists()) {

            try {

                copyDatabase(dbfile);

            } catch (IOException e) {

                throw new RuntimeException("Error creating source database", e);

            }

        }

    private void copyDatabase(File dbFile) throws IOException {

        InputStream is = context.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);

        OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(dbFile);

 

        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

        while (is.read(buffer) > 0) {

            os.write(buffer);

        }

 

        os.flush();

        os.close();

        is.close();

    }