Hi, Our application was using older version of SqlCipher i.e. sqlcipher.jar we create the backup of data using older version of sqlcipher. But when we try to open the backup db file using new version net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:4.0.1@aar its giving following errors: net.sqlcipher.datab…

But our old application is eclipse based and we are using sqlcipher.jar how to upgrade that ??

@pallavi - Since you were previously using the old style integration where SQLCipher for Android was distributed in a .zip package and files were manually copied to the application project, you’ll need to remove the old builds first. Start by removing each of the platform specific libraries (i.e. l…

@sjlombardo - Our Eclipse based application is already released in the market and now we have migrated Our Application to Android Studio. Our use case is if user is taking backup of existing data which we encrypted using old sqlcipher.jar then we need to decrypt it using new version net.zetetic:an…

Hello @pallavi - If you have preexisting databases that were created with prior versions of SQLCipher you would need to either migrate the databases or run in compatibility mode. The detailed options are described here: [image] Upgrading to SQLCipher 4 SQLCipher FAQ The r…

Hi Stephen, I was trying to implement Option 1 mentioned in your Answer that is Option 1: Database File Migration But i did not understand where to add PRAGMA cipher_migrate and SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE flag i am using getWritableDatabase(password) to open the database file.

Even to run in compatibility mode where to Add below code ??? PRAGMA cipher_page_size = 1024; PRAGMA kdf_iter = 4000; PRAGMA cipher_hmac_algorithm = HMAC_SHA1; PRAGMA cipher_kdf_algorithm = PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1; PRAGMA cipher_use_hmac = OFF;

@pallavi - Here is an example of using cipher_migrate via postKey. sqlcipher/sqlcipher-android-tests/blob/master/app/src/main/java/net/zetetic/tests/CipherMigrateTest.java package net.zetetic.tests; import android.util.Log; import net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase; import net.sqlcipher…

Hi @pallavi Please call SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs before your constructor call to SecureAppsDataProvider. Also, it is recommended to validate to result code of the pragma cipher_migrate command as provided in the example.

Hi @developernotes If i pass hook object in SQLiteOpenHelper constructor then for every call i have to execute below command every time. What impact it will have on performance?? SQLiteDatabaseHook hook = new SQLiteDatabaseHook() { public void preKey(SQLiteDatabase database) {} public void p…

net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteException: file is not a database: , while compiling: select count(*) from sqlite_master;

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sjlombardo August 21, 2019, 12:14pm 2

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net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteException: file is not a database: , while compiling: select count(*) from sqlite_master;

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