ContentResolver vs SQLite?

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ContentResolver vs SQLite?

nayeemzen opened this issue 7 years ago · comments

Is there any advantage of using one or the other if you don't intend on sharing the data outside of your own application? You still get change notifications with both right?

Dmitrii Nikitin · Answer 1 · Tue Jun 13 2017 01:46:22 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi, @nayeemzen !
There are the same differences as android ContentResolver has against raw SQLiteOpenHelper, except notifications.
StorIOSQLite also sends change notifications.
So if you don't want to share data between applications or wrap existing ContentResolver to rx-ify it's notifications, StorIOSQLite will be easier and more preferably

Artem Zinnatullin · Answer 2 · Tue Jun 13 2017 01:46:27 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Usually you only need ContentProvider when you want to share your data with other apps or with other process instances of your app, otherwise direct use of SQLite is preferred since it does not add overhead and StorIO has more features for StorIOSQLite and low level control over things than for StorIOContentResolver.

Artem Zinnatullin · Answer 3 · Tue Jun 13 2017 01:46:51 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Damn, @nikitin-da! Just a second faster than me!!11

Nayeem Zen · Answer 4 · Tue Jun 13 2017 02:21:33 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks so much guys! ContentResolver is so much boilerplate.