Answer 1

I can tell you that it works fine for me on Android 2.0.1:

$ adb shell
# cd /data/data/apt.tutorial   
# ls
lib
databases
shared_prefs
# cd databases
# ls
lunchlist.db
# sqlite3 lunchlist.db
SQLite version 3.5.9
Enter ".help" for instructions
sqlite> .tables
android_metadata  restaurants     
sqlite> .exit
# exit

You can always download the database file using DDMS or adb pull and use a desktop SQLite client to examine it. For example, I use the SQLite Manager plugin for Firefox.

Also, bear in mind that SQLite has no default file extension, so if your database is not notes but notes.db or notes.sqlite or something, you'll need to specify the extension.

Also also, I have not tried this on Windows, and there's a possibility that there is something goofy with the Windows command prompt and the limited shell available on Android devices that is causing your difficulty.

Answered by: Adelaide937 | Posted: 21-02-2022

Answer 2

If you want to issue sqlite3 statements from command line use something like

$ adb -e shell sqlite3 -batch /data/data/com.example.dbsample/databases/db '.tables'
android_metadata

$ adb -e shell sqlite3 -batch /data/data/com.example.dbsample/databases/db 'select * from android_metadata;'
en_US

the obvious advantages are that you can rely on your shell history and you can use this in scripts.

Answered by: Byron942 | Posted: 21-02-2022

Answer 3

I had the same problem and discovered that contrary to the documentation you shouldn't put the ".db" extension on the database file name.

Note: I'm using win7 and 2.1 emulator.

Answered by: Freddie572 | Posted: 21-02-2022

Answer 4

I had the same issue ,spent almost an hour ,posting here so that it will save someone else time ,check if you have given the correct filename along with the extension, there are two files under the databases folder myDB.db and myDB.db-journal and when i ran
"sqlite3 /data/data/com.my.package/databases/myDB"
and
.tables
listed nothing, sqlite3 created a new db with the name myDB , it did not open myDB.db

Answered by: Adrian397 | Posted: 21-02-2022

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