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    copied!<p>I use this code in the <code>SQLiteOpenHelper</code> in one of my applications to import a database file.</p> <p>EDIT: I pasted my <code>FileUtils.copyFile()</code> method into the question.</p> <p><strong>SQLiteOpenHelper</strong></p> <pre><code>public static String DB_FILEPATH = "/data/data/{package_name}/databases/database.db"; /** * Copies the database file at the specified location over the current * internal application database. * */ public boolean importDatabase(String dbPath) throws IOException { // Close the SQLiteOpenHelper so it will commit the created empty // database to internal storage. close(); File newDb = new File(dbPath); File oldDb = new File(DB_FILEPATH); if (newDb.exists()) { FileUtils.copyFile(new FileInputStream(newDb), new FileOutputStream(oldDb)); // Access the copied database so SQLiteHelper will cache it and mark // it as created. getWritableDatabase().close(); return true; } return false; } </code></pre> <p><strong>FileUtils</strong></p> <pre><code>public class FileUtils { /** * Creates the specified &lt;code&gt;toFile&lt;/code&gt; as a byte for byte copy of the * &lt;code&gt;fromFile&lt;/code&gt;. If &lt;code&gt;toFile&lt;/code&gt; already exists, then it * will be replaced with a copy of &lt;code&gt;fromFile&lt;/code&gt;. The name and path * of &lt;code&gt;toFile&lt;/code&gt; will be that of &lt;code&gt;toFile&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;br/&gt; * &lt;br/&gt; * &lt;i&gt; Note: &lt;code&gt;fromFile&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;toFile&lt;/code&gt; will be closed by * this function.&lt;/i&gt; * * @param fromFile * - FileInputStream for the file to copy from. * @param toFile * - FileInputStream for the file to copy to. */ public static void copyFile(FileInputStream fromFile, FileOutputStream toFile) throws IOException { FileChannel fromChannel = null; FileChannel toChannel = null; try { fromChannel = fromFile.getChannel(); toChannel = toFile.getChannel(); fromChannel.transferTo(0, fromChannel.size(), toChannel); } finally { try { if (fromChannel != null) { fromChannel.close(); } } finally { if (toChannel != null) { toChannel.close(); } } } } } </code></pre> <p>Don't forget to delete the old database file if necessary.</p>
 

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