SQlite Database: Unable to find context

Question

Apparently there is some problem with the context and in the following line as I'm getting a NullPointerException. I think something is wrong with the context. Also when I"m trying to open and close database from two activities it's throwing CannotOpenORCloseDatabase Error. Please help.

DBHelper dbHelper = new DBHelper(this.getApplicationContext());

Any idea why? Or it'd be great if someone could suggest a workaround.

public static final String EXT_CATEGORY = "category";

public static final String EXT_URL = "url";

private String tableName = DBHelper.tableName;

private SQLiteDatabase MyDb;

private int category;
Cursor c = null;

public static final String EXT_POS = "position";
private String url;
private int position;
WebView mWebView;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    Log.v(LOG_TAG, "onCreate() called");
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    openAndQueryDatabase();

}

private void openAndQueryDatabase() {

    position = 1;
    category = 0;
    Log.v(LOG_TAG, "onCreate() called 3");
    try {

        DBHelper dbHelper = DBHelper.getInstance(getBaseContext());
        MyDb = dbHelper.getWritableDatabase();


        c = MyDb.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM " + tableName
                + " where Category =" + category + "AND Position ="
                + position, null);
        Log.v(LOG_TAG, "onCreate() called 4");
        // url = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("Image"));
        url = "www.google.com";
        Log.v(url, " URL in Recipe ");
    } catch (SQLiteException se) {
        Log.e(getClass().getSimpleName(),
                "Could not create or Open the database");
    } 

Answer 1

You should declare your DBHelper as a static instance (singleton) to ensure that only one DBHelper exist at any given time.

 public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper { 

    private static DBHelper mInstance = null;

    public static DBHelper getInstance(Context activityContext) {

    // Get the application context from the activityContext to prevent leak
    if (mInstance == null) {
      mInstance = new DBHelper (activityContext.getApplicationContext());
    }
    return mInstance;
  }

  /**
   * Private, use the static method "DBHelper.getInstance(Context)" instead.
   */
  private DBHelper (Context applicationContext) {
    super(applicationContext, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
  }
}

To open the SQLiteDatabase use:

SQLiteDatabase mDataBase = DBHelper.getInstance(context).getWritableDatabase();

and to close it

mDataBase.close();

Answer 2

use constructor for this... While calling the DB class pass context as the parameter. like below.

    public class MyDB {

   private Context context;
    private DatabaseHelper DBHelper;
    private SQLiteDatabase db;

    public MyDB(Context ctx) 
    {
        this.context = ctx;
        DBHelper = new DatabaseHelper(context);
    }
}

Hope this will help you.