Can you store files in SQLite?

Can SQLite store pdfs?

You can simply read all the bytes of the pdf file and store them in the blob field of sqlite DB, but a better solution which is highly recommended is to store the files on the Internal Storage and in your DB just store the file's path. You have also to check if there is enough memory storage for you.

Can I store image in SQLite?

Inorder to store images to android SQLite database, you need to convert the image uri to bitmap then to binary characters that is, bytes[] sequence. Then set the table column data type as BLOB data type. After retrieving the images from DB, convert the byte[] data type to bitmap in order to set it to imageview.

Is SQLite faster than CSV?

Unless you're doing something very trivial to the CSV, and only doing it once, SQLite will be faster for runtime, coding time, and maintenance time, and it will be more flexible. The major advantages of putting the CSV into SQLite are... Query with a known query language. Query with a flexible query language.

Is SQLite faster than file system?

SQLite is competitive with, and usually faster than, blobs stored in separate files on disk, for both reading and writing. SQLite is much faster than direct writes to disk on Windows when anti-virus protection is turned on.