Android Tutorial => Exporting and importing a database

Example

You might want to import and export your database for bacukups for example. Dont forget about the permissions.

public void exportDatabase(){
    try
    {
        File sd = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
        File data = Environment.getDataDirectory();

        String currentDBPath = "//data//MY.PACKAGE.NAME//databases//MY_DATABASE_NAME";
        String backupDBPath = "MY_DATABASE_FILE.db";
        File currentDB = new File(data, currentDBPath);
        File backupDB = new File(sd, backupDBPath);

        FileChannel src = new FileInputStream(currentDB).getChannel();
        FileChannel dst = new FileOutputStream(backupDB).getChannel();
        dst.transferFrom(src, 0, src.size());
        src.close();
        dst.close();

        Toast.makeText(c, c.getResources().getString(R.string.exporterenToast), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        Toast.makeText(c, c.getResources().getString(R.string.portError), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        Log.d("Main", e.toString());
    }
}

public void importDatabase(){
    try
    {
        File sd = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
        File data = Environment.getDataDirectory();

        String currentDBPath = "//data//" + "MY.PACKAGE.NAME" + "//databases//" + "MY_DATABASE_NAME";
        String backupDBPath = "MY_DATABASE_FILE.db";
        File backupDB = new File(data, currentDBPath);
        File currentDB = new File(sd, backupDBPath);

        FileChannel src = new FileInputStream(currentDB).getChannel();
        FileChannel dst = new FileOutputStream(backupDB).getChannel();
        dst.transferFrom(src, 0, src.size());
        src.close();
        dst.close();
        Toast.makeText(c, c.getResources().getString(R.string.importerenToast), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        Toast.makeText(c, c.getResources().getString(R.string.portError), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

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