Question

I am developing an application in which I have to use existing database but when I try to copy small data base It is copying easily but when I try to copy my database which is of 2.5mb it is not copying some times it shows o bytes of memory copied I have followed some tutorial for eg http://www.reigndesign.com/blog/using-your-own-sqlite-database-in-android-applications/ is one of them but I can not resolve it. Can any body give me suggestion or any useful tutorial that can help me resolve it

Answer 1

This is caused by aapt compressing the file in your assets folder. See links below for various solutions:

How to read LARGE Sqlite file to be copied into Android emulator, or device from assets folder?

http://ponystyle.com/blog/2010/03/26/dealing-with-asset-compression-in-android-apps/