Efficient batch SQL query execution on Android, for upgrade database

Question

As we Android developers know, the SQLiteDatabase execSQL method can execute only one statement.

The doc says:

Execute a single

Answer 1

I think what you have is the only way to load those 1000 records, now, as far as deploying that DB with your apk file, check out this post:

http://www.helloandroid.com/tutorials/how-have-default-database

Answer 2

How do I insert these efficiently?

Use transaction:

    db.beginTransaction();
    try {
        for(;;) {
            db.execSQL(...);
            }
        db.setTransactionSuccessful();
    } finally {
        db.endTransaction();
    }