Chapter 17
SQL and Databases
In This Chapter
• Using SQLite in Android
• Working with Structured Query Language
• Creating and upgrading databases
• Storing and finding information
• Displaying database content in your app
Whether you hope your next app will solve world problems or entertain young children, you will need to store, find, and update information that your users provide through using your app. Some of this content, like options and preferences, you can easily store and access through SharedPreferences, which you used to store basic content in Chapter 8.
As your app scales, you will want to store more data, access it faster, and update it quickly. For this purpose, you need a true database to manage this information. This chapter introduces ...
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