很多时候在应用安装初始化时,需要创建本地数据库,同时为数据库添加数据,之后再从数据库中读取数据。
这里有2个思路
1.先在本地创建一个能支持android使用的sqlite数据库文件,启动时,用现成的sqlite的二进制文件进行直接copy到Android系统的数据库路径
2.可以考虑在第一次启动时,执行数据库初始化的sql文件.
1.在本地准备android能使用的sqlite数据库文件
使用sqlite数据库管理工具,看个人爱好(SQLite Database Browser ,Navicat Premium,)
打开数据库,创建"android_metadata"数据表
- CREATE TABLE "android_metadata" ("_id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,"locale" TEXT DEFAULT 'en_US');//创建表
 - INSERT INTO "android_metadata" VALUES (1,'en_US');//插入值
 
创建其他应用需要的表..此处省略.
2.复制文件到应用中.
把第一步创建的数据库文件复制到应用中的assets文件夹, asserts文件夹的路径如下:

然后创建DateBaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper的类文件.
代码如下:
- public class DataBaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
 - //The Android's default system path of your application database.
 - private static String DB_PATH = "/data/data/YOUR_PACKAGE/databases/";
 - private static String DB_NAME = "myDBName";
 - private SQLiteDatabase myDataBase;
 - private final Context myContext;
 - /**
 - * Constructor
 - * Takes and keeps a reference of the passed context in order to access to the application assets and resources.
 - * @param context
 - */
 - public DataBaseHelper(Context context) {
 - super(context, DB_NAME, null, 1);
 - this.myContext = context;
 - }
 - /**
 - * Creates a empty database on the system and rewrites it with your own database.
 - * */
 - public void createDataBase()throws IOException {
 - boolean dbExist = checkDataBase();
 - if (dbExist) {
 - //do nothing - database already exist
 - } else {
 - //By calling this method and empty database will be created into the default system path
 - //of your application so we are gonna be able to overwrite that database with our database.
 - this.getReadableDatabase();
 - try {
 - copyDataBase();
 - } catch (IOException e) {
 - throw new Error("Error copying database");
 - }
 - }
 - }
 - /**
 - * Check if the database already exist to avoid re-copying the file each time you open the application.
 - * @return true if it exists, false if it doesn't
 - */
 - 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;
 - }
 - /**
 - * Copies your database from your local assets-folder to the just created empty database in the
 - * system folder, from where it can be accessed and handled.
 - * This is done by transfering bytestream.
 - * */
 - private void copyDataBase()throws IOException {
 - //Open your local db as the input stream
 - InputStream myInput = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
 - // Path to the just created empty db
 - String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
 - //Open the empty db as the output stream
 - 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 {
 - //Open the database
 - String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
 - myDataBase = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY);
 - }
 - @Override
 - public synchronized void close() {
 - if (myDataBase != null)
 - myDataBase.close();
 - super.close();
 - }
 - @Override
 - public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {}
 - @Override
 - public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {}
 - // Add your public helper methods to access and get content from the database.
 - // You could return cursors by doing "return myDataBase.query(....)" so it'd be easy
 - // to you to create adapters for your views.
 - }
 
3.现在我们可以创建DateBaseHelper的实现操作了.
createDataBase() //创建
openDataBase()//打开只读数据库
记得要更改"YOUR_PACKAGE"为你的应用的包名
如:com.examplename.myapp
大概代码如下:
- ...
 - DataBaseHelper myDbHelper = new DataBaseHelper();
 - myDbHelper = new DataBaseHelper(this);
 - try {
 - myDbHelper.createDataBase();
 - } catch (IOException ioe) {
 - throw new Error("Unable to create database");
 - }
 - try {
 - myDbHelper.openDataBase();
 - } catch (SQLException sqle) {
 - throw sqle;
 - }
 - ...  来源: http://zhangfan822.iteye.com/blog/1883829
 


