Bulletproof Android™: Practical Advice for Building Secure Apps

Backing Up the Database Using adb

Let’s look at how to write to a SQLite application and how someone can pull the database off the phone. To begin, we need to add a SQLite database to the Android HelloWorld app. Listing 5-1 shows how to add a SQLite database to your Android app.

Listing 5-1 Adding SQLite to your code

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package com.riis.sqlite3;import java.io.File;import android.os.Bundle;import android.app.Activity;import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;                         // line 7public class MainActivity extends Activity {@Overrideprotected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          InitializeSQLite3();                                       // ...