有时候为了需要，会将数据库保存到外部存储或者SD卡中（对于这种情况可以通过加密数据来避免数据被破解），比如一个应用支持多个数据，每个数据都需要有一个对应的数据库，并且数据库中的信息量特别大时，这显然更应该将数据库保存在外部存储或者SD卡中，因为RAM的大小是有限的；其次在写某些测试程序时将数据库保存在SD卡更方便查看数据库中的内容。

Android通过SQLiteOpenHelper创建数据库时默认是将数据库保存在'/data/data/应用程序名/databases'目录下的，只需要在继承SQLiteOpenHelper类的构造函数中传入数据库名称就可以了，但如果将数据库保存到指定的路径下面，都需要通过重写继承SQLiteOpenHelper类的构造函数中的context，因为：在阅读SQLiteOpenHelper.java的源码时会发现：创建数据库都是通过Context的openOrCreateDatabase方法实现的，如果我们需要在指定的路径下创建数据库，就需要写一个类继承Context，并复写其openOrCreateDatabase方法，在openOrCreateDatabase方法中指定数据库存储的路径即可，下面为类SQLiteOpenHelper中getWritableDatabase和getReadableDatabase方法的源码，SQLiteOpenHelper就是通过这两个方法来创建数据库的。

/** * Create and/or open a database that will be used for reading and writing. * The first time this is called, the database will be opened and * {@link #onCreate}, {@link #onUpgrade} and/or {@link #onOpen} will be * called. * * <p>Once opened successfully, the database is cached, so you can * call this method every time you need to write to the database. * (Make sure to call {@link #close} when you no longer need the database.) * Errors such as bad permissions or a full disk may cause this method * to fail, but future attempts may succeed if the problem is fixed.</p> * * <p>Database upgrade may take a long time, you * should not call this method from the application main thread, including * from {@link android.content.ContentProvider#onCreate ContentProvider.onCreate()}. * * @throws SQLiteException if the database cannot be opened for writing * @return a read/write database object valid until {@link #close} is called */ public synchronized SQLiteDatabase getWritableDatabase() { if (mDatabase != null) { if (!mDatabase.isOpen()) { // darn! the user closed the database by calling mDatabase.close() mDatabase = null; } else if (!mDatabase.isReadOnly()) { return mDatabase; // The database is already open for business } } if (mIsInitializing) { throw new IllegalStateException("getWritableDatabase called recursively"); } // If we have a read-only database open, someone could be using it // (though they shouldn't), which would cause a lock to be held on // the file, and our attempts to open the database read-write would // fail waiting for the file lock. To prevent that, we acquire the // lock on the read-only database, which shuts out other users. boolean success = false; SQLiteDatabase db = null; if (mDatabase != null) mDatabase.lock(); try { mIsInitializing = true; if (mName == null) { db = SQLiteDatabase.create(null); } else { db = mContext.openOrCreateDatabase(mName, 0, mFactory, mErrorHandler); } int version = db.getVersion(); if (version != mNewVersion) { db.beginTransaction(); try { if (version == 0) { onCreate(db); } else { if (version > mNewVersion) { onDowngrade(db, version, mNewVersion); } else { onUpgrade(db, version, mNewVersion); } } db.setVersion(mNewVersion); db.setTransactionSuccessful(); } finally { db.endTransaction(); } } onOpen(db); success = true; return db; } finally { mIsInitializing = false; if (success) { if (mDatabase != null) { try { mDatabase.close(); } catch (Exception e) { } mDatabase.unlock(); } mDatabase = db; } else { if (mDatabase != null) mDatabase.unlock(); if (db != null) db.close(); } } } /** * Create and/or open a database. This will be the same object returned by * {@link #getWritableDatabase} unless some problem, such as a full disk, * requires the database to be opened read-only. In that case, a read-only * database object will be returned. If the problem is fixed, a future call * to {@link #getWritableDatabase} may succeed, in which case the read-only * database object will be closed and the read/write object will be returned * in the future. * * <p>Like {@link #getWritableDatabase}, this method may * take a long time to return, so you should not call it from the * application main thread, including from * {@link android.content.ContentProvider#onCreate ContentProvider.onCreate()}. * * @throws SQLiteException if the database cannot be opened * @return a database object valid until {@link #getWritableDatabase} * or {@link #close} is called. */ public synchronized SQLiteDatabase getReadableDatabase() { if (mDatabase != null) { if (!mDatabase.isOpen()) { // darn! the user closed the database by calling mDatabase.close() mDatabase = null; } else { return mDatabase; // The database is already open for business } } if (mIsInitializing) { throw new IllegalStateException("getReadableDatabase called recursively"); } try { return getWritableDatabase(); } catch (SQLiteException e) { if (mName == null) throw e; // Can't open a temp database read-only! Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't open " + mName + " for writing (will try read-only):", e); } SQLiteDatabase db = null; try { mIsInitializing = true; String path = mContext.getDatabasePath(mName).getPath(); db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(path, mFactory, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY, mErrorHandler); if (db.getVersion() != mNewVersion) { throw new SQLiteException("Can't upgrade read-only database from version " + db.getVersion() + " to " + mNewVersion + ": " + path); } onOpen(db); Log.w(TAG, "Opened " + mName + " in read-only mode"); mDatabase = db; return mDatabase; } finally { mIsInitializing = false; if (db != null && db != mDatabase) db.close(); } }

通过上面的分析可以写出一个自定义的Context类，该类继承Context即可，但由于Context中有除了openOrCreateDatabase方法以外的其它抽象函数，所以建议使用非抽象类ContextWrapper，该类继承自Context，自定义的DatabaseContext类源码如下：

public class DatabaseContext extends ContextWrapper { public DatabaseContext(Context context){ super( context ); } /** * 获得数据库路径，如果不存在，则创建对象对象 * @param name * @param mode * @param factory */ @Override public File getDatabasePath(String name) { //判断是否存在sd卡 boolean sdExist = android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState()); if(!sdExist){//如果不存在, return null; }else{//如果存在 //获取sd卡路径 String dbDir= FileUtils.getFlashBPath(); dbDir += "DB";//数据库所在目录 String dbPath = dbDir+"/"+name;//数据库路径 //判断目录是否存在，不存在则创建该目录 File dirFile = new File(dbDir); if(!dirFile.exists()){ dirFile.mkdirs(); } //数据库文件是否创建成功 boolean isFileCreateSuccess = false; //判断文件是否存在，不存在则创建该文件 File dbFile = new File(dbPath); if(!dbFile.exists()){ try { isFileCreateSuccess = dbFile.createNewFile();//创建文件 } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } }else{ isFileCreateSuccess = true; } //返回数据库文件对象 if(isFileCreateSuccess){ return dbFile; }else{ return null; } } } /** * 重载这个方法，是用来打开SD卡上的数据库的，android 2.3及以下会调用这个方法。 * * @param name * @param mode * @param factory */ @Override public SQLiteDatabase openOrCreateDatabase(String name, int mode, SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory factory) { SQLiteDatabase result = SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(getDatabasePath(name), null); return result; } /** * Android 4.0会调用此方法获取数据库。 * * @see android.content.ContextWrapper#openOrCreateDatabase(java.lang.String, int, * android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory, * android.database.DatabaseErrorHandler) * @param name * @param mode * @param factory * @param errorHandler */ @Override public SQLiteDatabase openOrCreateDatabase(String name, int mode, CursorFactory factory, DatabaseErrorHandler errorHandler) { SQLiteDatabase result = SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(getDatabasePath(name), null); return result; } }

在继承SQLiteOpenHelper的子类的构造函数中，用DatabaseContext的实例替代context即可：

DatabaseContext dbContext = new DatabaseContext(context); super(dbContext, mDatabaseName, null, VERSION);

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