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Asked: 2026-06-12T21:22:23+00:00

SQLCipher website mentions Init the database in onCreate() using SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(this); //first init the db

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SQLCipher website mentions

“Init the database in onCreate() using SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(this); //first init the db libraries with the context”

  1. I am calling this loadlibs only once in my first activity (seems to be working). I want to make sure I do not need to call this function for every activity that might access the database. Is this correct?

  2. How do I change the database password? I tried rekey but that does not work. It still takes the old password.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, that is correct – you only need to call SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(...); once as that is responsible for loading the various native libraries SQLCipher for Android uses at runtime into the process. To change the password, you must first have a reference to a SQLiteDatabase object where you have provided the original password. Once you have that you can issue PRAGMA rekey = 'some new password'; using execSQL(...);. More information regarding the rekey command can be found here.

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