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Android uses SQLite database to store data, I need to encrypt the SQLite database, how can this be done? I understand that application data is private. However I need to explictly encrypt the SQLite database that my app is using.
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Android 5.0 up to Android 9 support full-disk encryption. Full-disk encryption uses a single key—protected with the user's device password—to protect the whole of a device's userdata partition. Upon boot, the user must provide their credentials before any part of the disk is accessible.
The The SQLite Encryption Extension provides an easy way to create, read and write encrypted database files. It may be used with the SQLite Android bindings to add encrypted database capability to any application.
Android Room DB explicitly doesn't support encryption. A typical SQLite database in unencrypted. You can use SQLCipher for Android with Room or other consumers of the androidx.
SQLCipher is an SQLite extension that provides transparent 256-bit AES encryption of database files.
Earlier sqlcipher which is Open Source Full Database Encryption for SQLite was not available for android. But now it's available as alpha release for android platform. Developers have updated the standard android application 'Notepadbot' to use SQLCipher.
So this is definitely the best and simplest option as of now.
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