"Richard (et al), you no doubt have some contact with the Android folks at Google. Do you have any information you can share about these issues?"
I don't think I've seen any reply to this question. It was a yes/no question, so I *could* interpret radio silence as "no". :-) But I think I'll cast the line into this water one more time. Anybody know if the folks at Google/Android are even aware of the possibility of corrupting a SQLite file by using multiple instances of the library? Anybody know if there is any likelihood they will decide to make libsqlite part of the NDK? -- E On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Eric Sink <e...@sourcegear.com> wrote: > > It is my understanding that Android N will no longer allow apps to use the > system-installed SQLite library (unless they go through the Android Java > API, android.database.sqlite). > > This is unfortunate, as many existing Android apps do access libsqlite3 > directly and will crash on Android N. > > Apps which ONLY use the Java API will be unaffected. > > Apps that do NOT use the Java API will need to bundle their own SQLite > library, if they are not doing so already. > > And then, there is a particularly unfortunate group: Apps which do some > of their SQLite operations through the Java API, but also do some things > through direct access to libsqlite. > > Because of the POSIX locking issues, these apps cannot just bundle a > SQLite and let the two sections of their code each use their own instance > of the library. The result will be a corrupt SQLite file. So the only > obvious fix for apps in this situation is to change their code to "ONLY use > the Java API" or "NOT use the Java API". > > Of course, another option would be for Google to reconsider and make > libsqlite part of the NDK public APIs. :-) > > Richard (et al), you no doubt have some contact with the Android folks at > Google. Do you have any information you can share about these issues? > > Thanks, > > -- > E > > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
