How to check if a Sqlite database exists in android?

Question

I'm pretty new using ORMLite with android, and I read in this question that the method onCreate() of the class OrmLiteSqliteOpenHelper is not called when the database already exists... but I'd like to confirm it by myself, does anyone know how to check if the database exists?

Answer 1

It looks like OrmLiteSqliteOpenHelper inherits the getWritableDatabase() method from SQLiteOpenHelper. If that method returns null, then the database does not exist.

Answer 2

You can also create a database by using SQLiteDatabase for example

SQLiteDatabase = StackOverFlowDB;
//Creating database
    StackOverFlowDB = MainActivity.this.openOrCreateDatabase("StackOverFlow", MODE_PRIVATE, null);