Deployment of Local Databases

Understanding how local databases can be deployed to the phone is important when determining the best approach for your app. This section looks behind the scenes at what happens when an app is installed on the phone, and at the two locations for local database deployment.

It so happens that a XAP file, which is produced when you build your project, is also a Zip file. When an app is installed on the phone, the package manager extracts the app’s XAP file into an install directory (see Figure 29.1).

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FIGURE 29.1 Install and Application Data directories.

For more information on XAP files, see the section “Understanding ...

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