# Does SQLitePCLRaw.bundle\_zetetic work with the SQLCipher for Xamarin?

**URL:** <https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/does-sqlitepclraw-bundle-zetetic-work-with-the-sqlcipher-for-xamarin/2722>\
**Category:** SQLCipher\
**Created:** [March 19, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/does-sqlitepclraw-bundle-zetetic-work-with-the-sqlcipher-for-xamarin/2722 "2018-03-19T21:09:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![swu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@swu](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/swu)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/does-sqlitepclraw-bundle-zetetic-work-with-the-sqlcipher-for-xamarin/2722/1 "2018-03-19T21:09:14Z")

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Hello, I came across  
SQLitePCLRaw.bundle\_zetetic today, it looked promising as a way to use SQLCipher without having to migrate to [SQLite.net](http://SQLite.net)

So right now, I have both sqlite-net-pcl and [SQLite.Net](http://SQLite.Net) on my iOS solution (because that’s what the nuget package is dependent on) and I have

installed sqlite-net-base and SQLitePCLRaw.core -Version 1.1.10-pre20180223200113

and it hasn’t been successful so far.

Could you let me know if this is possible? Or is it just disaster waiting to happen?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![sjlombardo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.zetetic.net/sjlombardo/32/3_2.png) [@sjlombardo](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sjlombardo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/does-sqlitepclraw-bundle-zetetic-work-with-the-sqlcipher-for-xamarin/2722/2 "2018-03-20T13:41:23Z")

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Hello @swu - Thanks for getting in touch about SQLCipher. Unfortunately, at this time there are some issues using SQLitePCLRaw.bundle\_zetetic on several platforms. However, the package author, has been working with us to resolve those issues, and we have been performing validation testing across all the platforms we support. This still requires some additional engineering on our part, as well as releases of dependent packages, etc. When that work is compete in the future, it this will ultimately become our supported integration approach for SQLCipher.

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**Author:** ![swu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@swu](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/swu)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/does-sqlitepclraw-bundle-zetetic-work-with-the-sqlcipher-for-xamarin/2722/3 "2018-03-20T19:43:01Z")

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Thank you @sjlombardo

We’ll be patient.