Get boolean from database using Android and SQLite

Question

How can I obtain the value of a boolean field in an SQLite database on Android?

I usually use getString(), getInt(), etc. to get the values

Answer 1

An implementation found at Ormlite Cursor also checks for Null which none of the other answers do.

   public boolean getBoolean(int columnIndex) {
        if (cursor.isNull(columnIndex) || cursor.getShort(columnIndex) == 0) {
            return false;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

Answer 2

boolean datatype is not available in Cursor.

you will get the result in an int, so you need to convert that int value to a boolean.

You can either use

boolean b = cursor.getInt(boolean_column_index) > 0;

or

boolean b = (cursor.getInt(boolean_column_index) != 0);

Answer 3

boolean b = (cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex("item")) != 0);

Answer 4

Well, that's very simple:

public boolean getBooleanState(SQLiteDatabase db){
    boolean result = false;
    try{
        String QUERY = "SELECT " + BOOLEAN_DATA + " FROM " + TABLE_NAME + " WHERE " + ID + " = 1";
        Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(QUERY, null);
        if (cursor.moveToFirst()){
            if(cursor.getString(0).equalsIgnoreCase("1")){
                result = true;
            }
        }
        c.close();
    }catch(Exception ee){
        Log.e(TAG, "err getBooleanState: " + TABLE_NAME );
    }
    return result;
}