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| <title>Exploring and manipulating Android databases</title> |
| <shortdesc>The MOTODEV Database Explorer perspective allows you to create and delete SQLite databases and database |
| tables, view and edit database table content, and import and export database table contents, all on a connected |
| developer handset or emulated device, within an Android project, or anywhere else accessible to your development |
| computer (such as on an SD card within a connected handset that is currently mounted for USB access). Note that for |
| security reasons you can only work with emulated devices or Android devices intended for development; you cannot |
| view or modify database contents on a production Android handset.</shortdesc> |
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| <p>The MOTODEV Database Explorer view lists the following:</p> |
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| <dt>Connected devices and running emulators</dt> |
| <dd>These are listed first in the MOTODEV Database Explorer view. Note that all Android AVDs are listed, not |
| just those that are running (AVDs listed with a disclosure triangle to the left of them are running; those |
| without a disclosure triangle are not runing). Connected devices are listed, but once they are disconnected |
| they are removed from the list. If the connected device or running emulator contains an SD card, disclosing |
| the device's applications also lists "External Storage"; you can map the databases on the device's SD card |
| for browsing or editing without having to mount the SD card for USB access. Note that non-development |
| handsets do not provide access to their databases. </dd> |
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| <dt>Projects in your current workspace</dt> |
| <dd>Within the entry labeled "Workspace" are all of the Android projects found within your current workspace. |
| Those listed with a disclosure triangle to the left contain a database. Those without a disclosure triangle |
| do not currently contain a database (although you can add one).</dd> |
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| <dt>Databases outside your current workspace that you have mapped</dt> |
| <dd>The "Filesystem" grouping in the MOTODEV Database Explorer view lists additional SQLite databases that you |
| have "mapped" into the view. This allows you to work with databases that are outside of your current |
| workspace. In particular, you can connect an Android handset to your development computer, mount its SD card |
| for USB access, and then map any databases on that SD card. You can then browse and edit those databases as |
| you would any other.</dd> |
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