Strategy for updating Android app (with database)

Question

Please forgive me if this question has been answered - I searched and couldn't find it.

I have an Android app that I want to upgrade, and it uses a SQLite Database. I want to update some of the application logic in the app, but there will be no updates to the database schema or contents. I basically need to keep the database exactly as-is for the user.

Do I need to do anything in onUpgrade to ensure that the database is kept, or can I leave the DB stuff alone for this update?

Answer 1

The onUpgrade() method is used incases of version change. Which means the database stored in the phone needs to be altered or dropped or deleted and a new database to be created. As your application does not have any of these requirements you can leave the DB stuff for this update.