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Room - Schema export directory is not provided to the annotation processor so we cannot export the schema

I am using Android Database Component Room

I've configured everything, but when I compile, Android Studio gives me this warning:

Schema export directory is not provided to the annotation processor so we cannot export the schema. You can either provide room.schemaLocation annotation processor argument OR set exportSchema to false.

As I understand it is the location where DB file will be located

How can it affect my app? What is the best practice here? Should I use the default location (false value)?

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Misha Akopov Avatar asked Jun 02 '17 06:06

Misha Akopov


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3 Answers

As per the docs:

You can set annotation processor argument (room.schemaLocation) to tell Room to export the schema into a folder. Even though it is not mandatory, it is a good practice to have version history in your codebase and you should commit that file into your version control system (but don't ship it with your app!).

So if you don't need to check the schema and you want to get rid of the warning, just add exportSchema = false to your RoomDatabase, as follows.

@Database(entities = { YourEntity.class }, version = 1, exportSchema = false)
public abstract class AppDatabase extends RoomDatabase {
   //...
}

If you follow @mikejonesguy answer below, you will follow the good practice mentioned in the docs :). Basically you will get a .json file in your ../app/schemas/ folder. And it looks something like this:

{
  "formatVersion": 1,
  "database": {
    "version": 1,
    "identityHash": "53db508c5248423325bd5393a1c88c03",
    "entities": [
      {
        "tableName": "sms_table",
        "createSql": "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `${TABLE_NAME}` (`id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, `message` TEXT, `date` INTEGER, `client_id` INTEGER)",
        "fields": [
          {
            "fieldPath": "id",
            "columnName": "id",
            "affinity": "INTEGER"
          },
          {
            "fieldPath": "message",
            "columnName": "message",
            "affinity": "TEXT"
          },
          {
            "fieldPath": "date",
            "columnName": "date",
            "affinity": "INTEGER"
          },
          {
            "fieldPath": "clientId",
            "columnName": "client_id",
            "affinity": "INTEGER"
          }
        ],
        "primaryKey": {
          "columnNames": [
            "id"
          ],
          "autoGenerate": true
        },
        "indices": [],
        "foreignKeys": []
      }
    ],
    "setupQueries": [
      "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS room_master_table (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,identity_hash TEXT)",
      "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO room_master_table (id,identity_hash) VALUES(42, \"53db508c5248423325bd5393a1c88c03\")"
    ]
  }
}

If my understanding is correct, you will get such a file with every database version update, so that you can easily follow the history of your db.

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DoruChidean Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 02:10

DoruChidean


In the build.gradle file for your app module, add this to the defaultConfig section (under the android section). This will write out the schema to a schemas subfolder of your project folder.

javaCompileOptions {
    annotationProcessorOptions {
        arguments += ["room.schemaLocation": "$projectDir/schemas".toString()]
    }
}

Like this:

// ...

android {
    
    // ... (compileSdkVersion, buildToolsVersion, etc)

    defaultConfig {

        // ... (applicationId, miSdkVersion, etc)
        
        javaCompileOptions {
            annotationProcessorOptions {
                arguments += ["room.schemaLocation": "$projectDir/schemas".toString()]
            }
        }
    }
   
    // ... (buildTypes, compileOptions, etc)

}

// ...
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mikejonesguy Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 01:10

mikejonesguy


Kotlin? Here we go:

android {

    // ... (compileSdkVersion, buildToolsVersion, etc)

    defaultConfig {

        // ... (applicationId, miSdkVersion, etc)

        kapt {
            arguments {
                arg("room.schemaLocation", "$projectDir/schemas")
            }
        }
    }

    buildTypes {
        // ... (buildTypes, compileOptions, etc)
    }
}

//...

Don't forget about plugin:

apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

For more information about kotlin annotation processor please visit: Kotlin docs

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Ivanov Maksim Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 00:10

Ivanov Maksim