I upgraded Sqlcipher for Android from 3.5.7 to 4.1.3 in my app. For the existing database, which has been created with Sqlcipher 3, I need a custom migration as it is based on custom parameters, as also the option 3 of this article explains. I’m getting this exception when I try to open the databa…

Hi @Luigi_Capasso , using PRAGMA cipher_compatability=3 will use the default SQLCipher 3 settings, as outlined in the API documentation here: SQLCipher API - Zetetic Calling this PRAGMA and passing in 1, 2, or 3 will cause SQLCipher to operate with default settings consistent with that major versi…

Thank you, but it’s still not working. Same error.

@Luigi_Capasso I apologize, could you actually put the PRAGMA’s in the postKey hook? public void postKey(SQLiteDatabase database) { database.rawExecSQL("PRAGMA cipher_compatibility=3;"); database.rawExecSQL("PRAGMA kdf_iter=1000;"); database.rawExecSQL("PRAGMA cipher_default_kdf_iter=1…

Finally, I managed to do it. The problem was the cipher_page_size = 4096; which was probably ignored by sqlchipher 3 so using it with sqlchipher 4 was like using a wrong parameter: without specifying it or with cipher_page_size = 1024 (the default for version 3) it works! Thank you

@Luigi_Capasso Glad to hear you were able to get it working. It does sound like the cipher_page_size PRAMGA was never being applied previously. Where were you executing it?

Upgrading Sqlcipher for Android from 3 to 4

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Upgrading Sqlcipher for Android from 3 to 4

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