if i use sqlite3.exe the text is returned from my tables correctly
however within android i get squares where the spaces are
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.SQLException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class SqlLiteHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
private static final String DB_NAME = "movelist";
private static String DB_PATH = "/data/data/ packagename /databases/";
private Context context;
private SQLiteDatabase DB;
public SqlLiteHelper(Context context) {
super(context, DB_NAME, null, 1);
this.context = context;
}
public List<TextView> getTextViews(String charName, int consoleSwitch,
int textSize, String moveTypeSource) {
List<TextView> moveList = new ArrayList<TextView>();
String movesSql = new String();
String tableName = new String();
if (moveTypeSource.equals("Grappling")) {
tableName = "SevenTypedMoves";
movesSql = "SELECT moveCommand, moveName, moveType, moveDmg, moveEscape, moveProperties FROM "
+ tableName
+ " WHERE character_name = '"
+ charName
+ "' and moveArt = '" + moveTypeSource + "'";
}
DB = getWritableDatabase();
Cursor movesCursor = DB.rawQuery(movesSql, null);
if (movesCursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
String moveCommand = movesCursor.getString(movesCursor
.getColumnIndex("moveCommand"));
String moveName = movesCursor.getString(movesCursor
.getColumnIndex("moveName"));
String moveType = movesCursor.getString(movesCursor
.getColumnIndex("moveType"));
String moveDmg = movesCursor.getString(movesCursor
.getColumnIndex("moveDmg"));
String moveEscape = movesCursor.getString(movesCursor
.getColumnIndex("moveEscape"));
String moveProperties = movesCursor.getString(movesCursor
.getColumnIndex("moveProperties"));
Log.e("movename: ", moveName);
if (consoleSwitch == 1) {
// PS3
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("1", "()");
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("2", "(▲)");
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("3", "(X)");
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("4", "(O)");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("1", "()");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("2", "(▲)");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("3", "(X)");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("4", "(O)");
} else if (consoleSwitch == 2) {
// XBOX
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("1", "(X)");
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("2", "(Y)");
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("3", "(A)");
moveCommand = moveCommand.replaceAll("4", "(B)");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("1", "(X)");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("2", "(Y)");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("3", "(A)");
moveEscape = moveEscape.replaceAll("4", "(B)");
}
String s = "|" + moveName + ": " + moveCommand
+ " |Positioning: " + moveType + " |Escape: "
+ moveEscape + " |Properties: " + moveProperties;
TextView Move = new TextView(context);
Move.setText(s);
if (textSize == 1) {
Move.setTextSize(20);
} else {
}
moveList.add(Move);
} while (movesCursor.moveToNext());
}
movesCursor.close();
String footnoteSql = "SELECT footnoteText FROM footnote WHERE charname = '"
+ charName + "' and movesType = '" + moveTypeSource + "'";
Cursor footnoteCursor = DB.rawQuery(footnoteSql, null);
if (footnoteCursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
TextView footnoteMove = new TextView(context);
String footnoteBodyText = footnoteCursor
.getString(footnoteCursor
.getColumnIndex("footnoteText"));
String footnoteText = String.format("FOOTNOTES: \n%s",
footnoteBodyText);
footnoteMove.setText(footnoteText);
moveList.add(footnoteMove);
} while (footnoteCursor.moveToNext());
}
footnoteCursor.close();
DB.close();
return moveList;
}
public List<String> getTypes() {
List<String> types = new ArrayList<String>();
String footnoteSql = "SELECT footnoteText FROM footnote WHERE charname = '"
+ charName + "' and movesType = '" + moveTypeSource + "'";
Cursor footnoteCursor = DB.rawQuery(footnoteSql, null);
return types;
}
public void createDataBase() throws IOException {
boolean dbExist = checkDataBase();
if (dbExist) {
// do nothing - database already exist
} else {
this.getReadableDatabase();
try {
copyDataBase();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e("Error copying database: ", e.toString());
}
}
}
private boolean checkDataBase() {
SQLiteDatabase checkDB = null;
try {
String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
checkDB = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null,
SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY);
} catch (SQLiteException e) {
// database does't exist yet.
}
if (checkDB != null) {
checkDB.close();
}
return checkDB != null ? true : false;
}
private void copyDataBase() throws IOException {
InputStream myInput = context.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
// transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = myInput.read(buffer)) > 0) {
myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
// Close the streams
myOutput.flush();
myOutput.close();
myInput.close();
}
public void openDataBase() throws SQLException {
String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
DB = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null,
SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY);
}
@Override
public synchronized void close() {
if (DB != null)
DB.close();
super.close();
}
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
}
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
}
}
RETURNS:
sqlite:
logcat and emulator screen: 
just wanted to add that the string manipulation being done with .replaceall isnt on the name field at all. and from the output on the screen i can tell its working. PLUS the logcat pic u see was a Log.e placed before all of the manipulation code
also that the db is premade and i get NO errors in logcat when it displays.
i fixed this but forgot the fix. this code does work properly though: