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title: "What is the name of the database used in android?"  
description: "What is the name of the database used in android?"  
author: "Kalin"  
published: 2022-04-14  
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category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "android os", "android"]  
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# What is the name of the database used in android?

What is the [name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80850/violence-in-the-name-of-racism-in-germany-and-much-more) of the [database](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/100/windows-service-to-update-record-from-one-database-to-another-after-certain-interval-of-time) used in [android](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12868/webview-in-android)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![What is the name of the database used in android?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/daa148fd-f05e-4a40-80fa-14a15b0efdf6/images/24efdbe9-af5e-4fbb-afb4-6cc75a21d2d6.png) **\**

- **[SQLite](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96637/which-is-better-mysql-or-ms-access)** is a free SQL database that saves data to a device's text file. Android has a SQLite database implementation built in.
- SQLite supports all of the capabilities of a relational database. You don't need to set up any form of connection to access this database, such as JDBC, ODBC, and so on.
- Android.database.sqlite is the core package, which contains the classes for managing your own databases.
- To build a database, simply use this method open Or Create Database, passing it the database name and mode as parameters.

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