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Asked: 2026-05-25T11:01:16+00:00

I have a large data that I have to use in my first android

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I have a large data that I have to use in my first android application, could any one guide me the best way to achieve this?
Is there something like embedded database in android framework?
Can i keep my database on my custom server and provide web service to my application?
Which one of the above is better, since I can offer the user to purchase the application and keep the data locally on his device in compressed format.
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can ship an android application with the database file in the res/raw folder, and then programmatically copy the file onto SD Card. I personally compress my database file into a zip and uncompress it on first run.

    Android has support for SQLite databases which is a very efficient, embedded, crossplatform database. Would recommend this.

    Using a remote server might not be a good idea, since signal on wireless networks is often slow and unreliable.

    See this answer for me details.
    Ship an application with a database

    But if the file size of the compressed database is >1MB then you’ll need to download it from a webserver and store it locally (Android has a 1MB file size limit on internal files/resources)

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