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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE task PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Task//EN" "../dtd/task.dtd">
<task id="t_db-creating" xml:lang="en-us">
<title>Creating a database</title>
<shortdesc>From the MOTODEV Database Explorer view you can create new databases on a device or within an Android
project in your workspace.</shortdesc>
<prolog>
<metadata>
<keywords>
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</keywords>
</metadata>
</prolog>
<taskbody>
<prereq>You perform this task from within the MOTODEV Database Explorer view. This view is part of the MOTODEV
Database perspective; switch to this perspective when working with Android databases.</prereq>
<steps>
<step>
<cmd>In the MOTODEV Database Explorer view, right-click the app (under Workspace) or the APK on a connected
device or running emulator in which the database is to be created and select <uicontrol>Create
Database</uicontrol>.</cmd>
<info>
<note>The <uicontrol>Duplicate</uicontrol> command is not supported by MOTODEV Studio for Android, and cannot
be used to "clone" an existing database.</note>
</info>
<stepresult>You are prompted for a name for the new database.</stepresult>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>In the Database Name dialog, enter the name for your new database and click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>.</cmd>
<stepresult>The SQLite database is created. If you created it for a project in your current workspace, the
database file is created in the project's <filepath>assets</filepath> folder.</stepresult>
</step>
<step>
<cmd>In the MOTODEV Explorer view double-click the app to expose its contents, then double-click the grey
database icon (<image href="../images/db-icon.png"/>) to connect the database. When it is connected, a copy of
the database is transferred from the target app or device to your computer's Temp directory and displayed as a
node in the MOTODEV Database Explorer view.</cmd>
<info>
<note type="important">Changes made to a database using the MOTODEV Studio Table Editor are made to the local
copy in your Temp directory. MOTODEV Studio normally will keep the local database and the version on the
connected device or emulator in sync. If necessary you can manually synchronize the two either by
right-clicking the database file and selecting <uicontrol>Refresh</uicontrol> or selecting the database file
and pressing F5. Note that MOTODEV Studio does not perform a true synchronization operation; if the database
has changed on the device since you connected to it, you cannot merge your changes with the device database.
Instead, you either must override the device database with your Temp copy or abandon your changes.</note>
</info>
</step>
</steps>
<postreq>After creating a new database, you will likely want to create one or more tables within that
database.</postreq>
</taskbody>
</task>
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