Question

I’ve been going through some tutorials on working with sqlite databases and they all seem to create a new database, tables, etc on the first run of the application. Is this necessary? What if I already have a pre-built database sitting in the assets folder when the application is installed? Can I not simply just open the connection to said database and start using its information or is there a specific reason everyone wants to create it using sql on first launch?

Answer 1

This question comes up frequently. Try this tutorial to use an existing database on Android:
http://www.reigndesign.com/blog/using-your-own-sqlite-database-in-android-applications/