Android SQLite database: slow insertion

Question

I need to parse a fairly large XML file (varying between about a hundred kilobytes and several hundred kilobytes), which I\'m doing using Xml#parse(String, ContentHand

Answer 1

If using a ContentProvider:

@Override
public int bulkInsert(Uri uri, ContentValues[] bulkinsertvalues) {

    int QueryType = sUriMatcher.match(uri);
    int returnValue=0;
    SQLiteDatabase db = mOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase();

     switch (QueryType) {

         case SOME_URI_IM_LOOKING_FOR: //replace this with your real URI

            db.beginTransaction();

            for (int i = 0; i < bulkinsertvalues.length; i++) {
                //get an individual result from the array of ContentValues
                ContentValues values = bulkinsertvalues[i];
                //insert this record into the local SQLite database using a private function you create, "insertIndividualRecord" (replace with a better function name)
                insertIndividualRecord(uri, values);    
            }

            db.setTransactionSuccessful();
            db.endTransaction();                 

            break;  

         default:
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown URI " + uri);

     }    

    return returnValue;

}

Then the private function to perform the insert (still inside your content provider):

       private Uri insertIndividualRecord(Uri uri, ContentValues values){

            //see content provider documentation if this is confusing
            if (sUriMatcher.match(uri) != THE_CONSTANT_IM_LOOKING_FOR) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown URI " + uri);
            }

            //example validation if you have a field called "name" in your database
            if (values.containsKey(YOUR_CONSTANT_FOR_NAME) == false) {
                values.put(YOUR_CONSTANT_FOR_NAME, "");
            }

            //******add all your other validations

            //**********

           //time to insert records into your local SQLite database
           SQLiteDatabase db = mOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase();
           long rowId = db.insert(YOUR_TABLE_NAME, null, values);           

           if (rowId > 0) {
               Uri myUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(MY_INSERT_URI, rowId);
               getContext().getContentResolver().notifyChange(myUri, null);

               return myUri;
           }


           throw new SQLException("Failed to insert row into " + uri);


    }