Ormlite escape string method?

Question

Is there a native way of escaping strings for Ormlite for Android?

For example, if I want to supply a string: ormlite's escape func, it needs to be supplied as ormlite\'s escape func.

TestDao.queryForFirst(TestDao.queryBuilder().where().like("stats", stats)
    .prepare())

I tried using UpdateBuilder's escapeValue method, but it only makes the following change: 'ormlite's escape func'. It adds single quotes to beginning and end of the statement. Is there a native support for escaping strings to be sql injection safe?

If not, what are the ways to do it?

Thank you!