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Asked: 2026-05-23T22:53:29+00:00

I have an android app, which is basically an exam simulator, it will come

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I have an android app, which is basically an exam simulator, it will come preloaded with questions and the user gets a simple multiple choice interface.

My question is, what is the best way to preload, or at least manage the task of preloading data into a SQL database?

Two options I can see right off the bat :

  1. Get SQLite browser, manually insert each entry. I don’t like this as it feels too “cowboy”
  2. Create some utility class that gets run once and inserts a bunch of data, I don’t like this either as I don’t think that hardcoding a load of inserts in a class file is good practice.

What is the best option (open to alternative suggestions) for this problem? Can I have a SQL insert script that gets loaded on startup?

The data will be static, if it needs to change I’ll publish a new version of the app. I expect there to be 200~ questions, so I won’t have masses of inserts.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This website explains it well:

    http://www.reigndesign.com/blog/using-your-own-sqlite-database-in-android-applications/

    Basically, you put the db in your assets folder, then the first time you run the app the db is copied to the right place, and you can use it.

    I think this is a duplicate of this question:
    How can I embed an SQLite database into an application?

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