Can you store PDF in SQLite?

Can SQLite store documents?

The Android SDK provides dedicated APIs that allow developers to use SQLite databases in their applications. The SQLite files are generally stored on the internal storage under /data/data/<packageName>/databases. However, there are no restrictions on creating databases elsewhere.

Can you store a PDF in a database?

You can store the PDF inside of a table using a varbinary field and an extension field. Then you can take advantage of the Fulltext serch engine to search inside of the PDFs. You will have to install a PDF iFilter in your SQL server.

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 file?

General Findings. 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.