Contains the SQLite database management classes that an application would use to manage its own private database.

Applications use these classes to manage private databases. If creating a content provider, you will probably have to use these classes to create and manage your own database to store content. See Content Providers to learn the conventions for implementing a content provider. If you are working with data sent to you by a provider, you do not use these SQLite classes, but instead use the generic {@link android.database} classes.

The Android SDK and Android emulators both include the sqlite3 command-line database tool. On your development machine, run the tool from the `platform-tools/` folder of your SDK. On the emulator, run the tool with adb shell, for example, `adb -e shell sqlite3`.

The version of SQLite depends on the version of Android. See the following table:

Android API | SQLite Version
--- | ---
API 24 | 3.9
API 21 | 3.8
API 11 | 3.7
API 8 | 3.6
API 3 | 3.5
API 1 | 3.4

Some device manufacturers include different versions of SQLite on their devices. There are two ways to programmatically determine the version number.

- If available, use the sqlite3 tool, for example: `adb -e shell sqlite3 --version`.
- Create and query an in-memory database as shown in the following code sample:

          String query = "select sqlite_version() AS sqlite_version";
          SQLiteDatabase db = SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(":memory:", null);
          Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(query, null);
          String sqliteVersion = "";
          if (cursor.moveToNext()) {
              sqliteVersion = cursor.getString(0);
          }