Android SQLite Tutorial

Android SQLite database is the most preferred way to store persistence data in android applications. In this tutorial, we will learn to create and manage the SQLite database in an android application with an example and we will create a simple SQLite database for the events management app.

This app will have the functionality of creating, read, update and delete events with a step by step guide. You will also be able to download the source code of this application and run in your android studio.

1. Create new Android Studio Project.

Create a new android studio project and name it as “Sqlite Events App”.

colors.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#d11617</color>
    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#B31718</color>
    <color name="colorAccent">#FF4081</color>
    <color name="white">#FFFFFF</color>
</resources>

2. Creating models Package

Right-click on your app package name and create and new package models.

3. Creating Event.java Model

Right-click on newly created models package and create a new class with the name of Event.

The event Model will have the following items.

• Events database table definition.
• Getters and setters for all the event fields.
• Constructor.

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.models;

import android.util.Log;

public class Event {

    public static final String TABLE_NAME = "events";
    public static final String COLUMN_ID = "id";
    public static final String COLUMN_TITLE = "title";
    public static final String COLUMN_EVENT_DATE = "event_date";
    public static final String COLUMN_VENUE = "venue";
    public static final String COLUMN_DATE_CREATED = "dateCreated";


    public static final String CREATE_EVENTS_TABLE =
            "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_NAME + "("
                    + COLUMN_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,"
                    + COLUMN_TITLE + " VARCHAR,"
                    + COLUMN_EVENT_DATE + " VARCHAR,"
                    + COLUMN_VENUE + " VARCHAR,"
                    + COLUMN_DATE_CREATED + " VARCHAR"
                    + ")";

    private long id;
    private String title;
    private String eventDate;
    private String venue;
    private String dateCreated;

    public Event() {

    }

    public Event(long id, String title, String eventDate, String venue, String dateCreated) {
        this.id = id;
        this.title = title;
        this.eventDate = eventDate;
        this.venue = venue;
        this.dateCreated = dateCreated;
    }


    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }

    public String getEventDate() {
        return eventDate;
    }

    public void setEventDate(String eventDate) {
        this.eventDate = eventDate;
    }

    public String getVenue() {
        return venue;
    }

    public void setVenue(String venue) {
        this.venue = venue;
    }

    public String getDateCreated() {
        return dateCreated;
    }

    public void setDateCreated(String dateCreated) {
        this.dateCreated = dateCreated;
    }

    public long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        Log.d("response ","Title: "+title);
        return super.toString();
    }
}

4. Database Helper

Create a new package with the name “database”. Under that package create a new class and name it as “SqliteDBHelper”.

Expand SqliteDBHelper with SQLiteOpenHelper and implement its methods.

SqliteDBHelper class will have all the CRUD methods.
onCreate method will be called once app will be installed the first time so in this method we will create events table.
onUpgrade method will be called once we will change the database version it will remove previously created events table and recreate.
In addition, we also have database version and database in our Helper.

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.database;


import android.content.Context;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;

import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.models.Event;

public class SqliteDBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {

    // Database Version
    private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;

    // Database Name
    private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "events_db";


    /**
     * Instantiates a new Database helper.
     *
     * @param context the context
     */
    public SqliteDBHelper(Context context) {
        super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
    }

    // Creating Tables
    @Override
    public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
        db.execSQL(Event.CREATE_EVENTS_TABLE);
    }

    @Override
    public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
        // Drop older table if existed
        db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + Event.TABLE_NAME);

        // Create tables again
        onCreate(db);
    }
}

4.1 Create / Insert Event

Following the CRUD sequence first, we will start by creating an event option. Because once events will be created only than we will be able to update or delete them. we need a writable database instance by using getWritableDatabase to insert data.

public Long createEvent(Event event) {

        //  writable database instance
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();

        ContentValues values = new ContentValues();

        values.put(Event.COLUMN_TITLE, event.getTitle());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE, event.getEventDate());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_VENUE, event.getVenue());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED, event.getDateCreated());

        //saving data
        long id = db.insert(Event.TABLE_NAME, null, values);

        // close db connection
        db.close();

        return id;
    }

4.2 Reading / Retrieving Events

The second step prior to crud is reading. We have two functions to getEventByID which will return and specific Event and the second one is getAllEvents which will result in all Events stored in the events table.

a. getEventByID

public Event getEventByID(long id) {
        // get readable database
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();

        Cursor cursor = db.query(Event.TABLE_NAME,
                new String[]{
                        Event.COLUMN_ID,
                        Event.COLUMN_TITLE,
                        Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE,
                        Event.COLUMN_VENUE,
                        Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED},
                Event.COLUMN_ID + "=?",
                new String[]{String.valueOf(id)}, null, null, null, null);

        if (cursor != null)
            cursor.moveToFirst();

        // prepare event object
        Event event = new Event(
                Long.parseLong(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_ID))),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_TITLE)),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE)),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_VENUE)),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED)));

        // close the db connection
        cursor.close();

        return event;
    }

b. getAllEvents

public ArrayList<Event> getAllEvents() {
        ArrayList<Event> noteArrayList = new ArrayList<>();

        // Select All Events Query
        String selectQuery = "SELECT  * FROM "
                + Event.TABLE_NAME
                + " ORDER BY "
                + Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE
                + " DESC";

        //Instance of database
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
        @SuppressLint("Recycle") Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);

        //looping all rows
         if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            do {
                Event event = new Event();
                event.setId(Long.parseLong(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_ID)))); // getting the id
                event.setTitle(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_TITLE)));
                event.setEventDate(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE)));
                event.setVenue(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_VENUE)));
                event.setDateCreated(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED)));
                noteArrayList.add(event); // add to the arrayList
                event.toString();
            } while (cursor.moveToNext());
        }

        db.close();

        return noteArrayList;
    }

4.3 Updating Event

public int updateEvent(Event event) {
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();

        ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_TITLE, event.getTitle());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE, event.getEventDate());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_VENUE, event.getVenue());
        // updating event row
        return db.update(Event.TABLE_NAME, values, Event.COLUMN_ID + " = ?",
                new String[]{String.valueOf(event.getId())});
    }

4.4 Deleting Event

public void deleteEvent(Event event) {
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
        db.delete(Event.TABLE_NAME, Event.COLUMN_ID + " = ?",
                new String[]{String.valueOf(event.getId())});
        db.close();
    }

Here is complete code of SqliteDBHelper.java class.

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.database;


import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
import android.util.Log;

import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.models.Event;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class SqliteDBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {

    // Database Version
    private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;

    // Database Name
    private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "events_db";


    public SqliteDBHelper(Context context) {
        super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
    }

    // Creating Tables
    @Override
    public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
        db.execSQL(Event.CREATE_EVENTS_TABLE);
    }

    @Override
    public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
        // Drop older table
        db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + Event.TABLE_NAME);

        // Recreate table
        onCreate(db);
    }

    /**
     * Insert event long.
     * @param event the event
     * @return the long created event id
     */
    public Long createEvent(Event event) {

        //  writable database instance
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();

        ContentValues values = new ContentValues();

        values.put(Event.COLUMN_TITLE, event.getTitle());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE, event.getEventDate());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_VENUE, event.getVenue());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED, event.getDateCreated());

        //saving data
        long id = db.insert(Event.TABLE_NAME, null, values);

        // close db connection
        db.close();

        return id;
    }

    /**
     * Gets event by id.
     * @param id the id
     * @return the event by id
     */
    public Event getEventByID(long id) {
        // get readable database
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();

        Cursor cursor = db.query(Event.TABLE_NAME,
                new String[]{
                        Event.COLUMN_ID,
                        Event.COLUMN_TITLE,
                        Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE,
                        Event.COLUMN_VENUE,
                        Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED},
                Event.COLUMN_ID + "=?",
                new String[]{String.valueOf(id)}, null, null, null, null);

        if (cursor != null)
            cursor.moveToFirst();

        // prepare event object
        Event event = new Event(
                Long.parseLong(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_ID))),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_TITLE)),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE)),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_VENUE)),
                cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED)));

        // close the db connection
        cursor.close();

        return event;
    }


    /**
     * Gets all events.
     * @return the all events
     */
    public ArrayList<Event> getAllEvents() {
        ArrayList<Event> noteArrayList = new ArrayList<>();

        // Select All Events Query
        String selectQuery = "SELECT  * FROM "
                + Event.TABLE_NAME
                + " ORDER BY "
                + Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE
                + " DESC";

        //Instance of database
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
        @SuppressLint("Recycle") Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);

        //looping all rows
         if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            do {
                Event event = new Event();
                event.setId(Long.parseLong(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_ID)))); // getting the id
                event.setTitle(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_TITLE)));
                event.setEventDate(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE)));
                event.setVenue(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_VENUE)));
                event.setDateCreated(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Event.COLUMN_DATE_CREATED)));
                noteArrayList.add(event); // add to the arrayList
                event.toString();
            } while (cursor.moveToNext());
        }

        db.close();

        return noteArrayList;
    }

    /**
     * Update event int.
     *
     * @param event the event
     * @return the int
     */
    public int updateEvent(Event event) {
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();

        ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_TITLE, event.getTitle());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_EVENT_DATE, event.getEventDate());
        values.put(Event.COLUMN_VENUE, event.getVenue());
        // updating event row
        return db.update(Event.TABLE_NAME, values, Event.COLUMN_ID + " = ?",
                new String[]{String.valueOf(event.getId())});
    }

    /**
     * Delete event.
     * @param event the event
     */
    public void deleteEvent(Event event) {
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
        db.delete(Event.TABLE_NAME, Event.COLUMN_ID + " = ?",
                new String[]{String.valueOf(event.getId())});
        db.close();
    }
}

5. CreateEventActivity.java

Create a new activity named CreateEventActivity.java which will also create a layout file name activity_create_event.xml
Add the following code in files. I have added comments inside code so you can understand easily.

activity_create_event.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/titleET"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Event Title"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"/>
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/venueET"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Event Venue"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"/>
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/eventDateET"
        android:layout_below="@id/venueET"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:editable="false"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:ems="12"
        android:hint="Event Date"
        android:inputType="date"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/createEventButton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        android:text="Create Event"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:textSize="12sp"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"/>

</LinearLayout>

CreateEventActivity.java

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
import android.app.TimePickerDialog;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.DatePicker;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TimePicker;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.database.SqliteDBHelper;
import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.models.Event;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Objects;

public class CreateEventActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {

        private static final String TAG = "CreateEventActivity";
        private static Date eventDate;
        private String startDateStr;
        private EditText titleEditText;
        private EditText eventDateET;
        private EditText venueEditText;
        private Button createEventButton;
        private Calendar myCalendar;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(R.layout.activity_create_event);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Create New Event");

        titleEditText = findViewById(R.id.titleET);
        eventDateET = findViewById(R.id.eventDateET);
        venueEditText = findViewById(R.id.venueET);
        createEventButton = findViewById(R.id.createEventButton);

        createEventButton.setOnClickListener(this);
        eventDateET.setOnClickListener(this);
        createEventButton.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    /**
     * Called when a view has been clicked.
     * @param v The view that was clicked.
     */
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        if (v == eventDateET) {
            getDate();
        }

        if (v == createEventButton) {
            //getting text from edit texts
            String title = titleEditText.getText().toString().trim();
            String eventDate = eventDateET.getText().toString().trim();
            String venue = venueEditText.getText().toString().trim();

            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(title) && !TextUtils.isEmpty(eventDate) && !TextUtils.isEmpty(venue)) {
                    long temp_id = 1;
                    Event event = new Event(temp_id,title, eventDate, venue,Calendar.getInstance().getTime().toString());

                    SqliteDBHelper databaseHelper = new SqliteDBHelper(getApplicationContext());
                    databaseHelper.createEvent(event);

                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Event Created Successfully. Total Events "+databaseHelper.getAllEvents().size(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                    titleEditText.setText("");
                    eventDateET.setText("");
                    venueEditText.setText("");

            } else {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please fill fields to continue", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        }
    }


    private void getDate() {
        myCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();

        DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener date = new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {

            @Override
            public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear,
                                  int dayOfMonth) {
                myCalendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
                myCalendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, monthOfYear);
                myCalendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, dayOfMonth);
                String myFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy";
                SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(myFormat, Locale.US);
                    try {
                        eventDate = sdf.parse(sdf.format(myCalendar.getTime()));
                        startDateStr = sdf.format(myCalendar.getTime());
                        getTime();
                    } catch (ParseException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }

            }
        };
        new DatePickerDialog(CreateEventActivity.this, date, myCalendar
                .get(Calendar.YEAR), myCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH),
                myCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)).show();
    }



    private void getTime() {
        Calendar mCurrentTime = Calendar.getInstance();
        int hour = mCurrentTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
        int minute = mCurrentTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
        TimePickerDialog mTimePicker;
        mTimePicker = new TimePickerDialog(CreateEventActivity.this, new TimePickerDialog.OnTimeSetListener() {
            @SuppressLint({"SetTextI18n", "DefaultLocale"})
            @Override
            public void onTimeSet(TimePicker timePicker, int hourOfDay, int minute) {
                boolean isPM = (hourOfDay >= 12);
                String time = " " + String.format("%02d:%02d:00 %s",
                        (hourOfDay == 12 || hourOfDay == 0) ? 12 : hourOfDay % 12, minute, isPM ? "PM" : "AM");
                    eventDateET.setText(startDateStr.concat(time));
            }
        }, hour, minute, false);
        mTimePicker.setTitle("Select Time");
        mTimePicker.show();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            // Respond to the action bar's Up/Home button
            case android.R.id.home:
                finish();
                return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

6. main_menu.xml

Right click on res directory and create a new menu file main_menu.xml and the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/createEvent"
        android:title="Create Event"
        app:showAsAction="always" />
    
</menu>

7. MainActivity.java

First we will simple implement menu so we can test create event feature for now. In next phase we will be adding other features like listing all events, update event and delete event.
Use the below code to make use of main menu and navigate to create event activity.

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }



    //creating option menu
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);

        // return true so that the menu pop up is opened
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.createEvent:
                //move to create event page
                Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),CreateEventActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
                return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

It is suggested to test your previously integrated code before moving forward so you make sure create event functionality is integrated successfully.

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Event Listing on Home page is our next phase. so let move on by first creating a row.

8. event_row.xml

Create a new layout resource file and name it as event_row and use the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="4dp"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
    android:padding="6dp"
    android:elevation="2dp"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/eventIcon"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_event"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
        android:scaleType="fitXY"
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp" />
    <TextView
            android:id="@+id/eventNameTV"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/eventIcon"
            android:text="Event Name"
            android:layout_marginRight="50dp"
            android:textColor="#FFF"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:textSize="16dp" />
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/venueTextView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/eventIcon"
            android:text="Venue"
            android:textColor="@color/white"
            android:textSize="14dp"
             android:layout_below="@id/eventNameTV" />


        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/dateTextView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="1/1/2019 - 2/2/2019"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/eventIcon"
            android:textColor="@color/white"
            android:textSize="14dp"
            android:layout_below="@+id/venueTextView" />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/optionsImageView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="4dp"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_more"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"/>
    </RelativeLayout>

Next step is to add RecyclerView support library into your build.gradle(Module:app)

    implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.1.0'

9. EventRecyclerViewAdapter.java

EventRecyclerViewAdapter will be used to display events on our recycler view.
Before creating EventRecyclerViewAdapter you need to create new package name called adapter.

Next create a new class “EventRecyclerViewAdapter.java” under adapter package and add the following code.

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.adapter;


import android.content.Context;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.R;
import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.models.Event;

import java.util.ArrayList;

    /**
     * The type Event recycler view adapter.
     */

public class EventRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<EventRecyclerViewAdapter.ViewHolder> {

    private ArrayList<Event> mData;
    private LayoutInflater mInflater;
    private ItemClickListener mClickListener;

    /**
     * Instantiates a new Event recycler view adapter.
     *
     * @param context the context
     * @param data    the data
     */

    // data is passed into the constructor
    public EventRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<Event> data) {
        this.mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        this.mData = data;
    }

    // inflates the row layout from xml when needed
    @NonNull
    @Override
    public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.event_row, parent, false);
        return new ViewHolder(view);
    }

    // binds the data to the TextView in each row
    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull final ViewHolder holder, int position) {

        holder.eventNameTextView.setText(mData.get(position).getTitle());
        holder.venueTextView.setText(mData.get(position).getVenue());
        holder.dateTextView.setText(mData.get(position).getEventDate());
    }

    // total number of rows
    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        if (mData != null)
            return mData.size();
        else return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Gets item.
     * @param id the id
     * @return the item
     */

    // convenience method for getting data at click position
    public Event getItem(int id) {
        return mData.get(id);
    }

    /**
     * Sets click listener.
     * @param itemClickListener the item click listener
     */

    // allows clicks events to be caught
    public void setClickListener(ItemClickListener itemClickListener) {
        this.mClickListener = itemClickListener;
    }

    /**
     * The interface Item click listener.
     */
    // parent activity will implement this method to respond to click events
    public interface ItemClickListener {
        /**
         * On item click.
         * @param view     the view
         * @param position the position
         */
        void onItemClick(View view, int position);
    }

    /**
     * The type View holder.
     */

    // stores and recycles views as they are scrolled off screen
    public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {

        TextView eventNameTextView,venueTextView,dateTextView;
        ImageView optionsImageView;

        /**
         * Instantiates a new View holder.
         * @param itemView the item view
         */
        ViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            eventNameTextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.eventNameTV);
            venueTextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.venueTextView);
            dateTextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.dateTextView);
            optionsImageView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.optionsImageView);
            optionsImageView.setOnClickListener(this);
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            if (mClickListener != null) mClickListener.onItemClick(view, getAdapterPosition());
        }
    }
}

10. activity_main.xml

Add a ListView inside activity_main.xml and assign id listView.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.MainActivity"
    android:background="#e9e9e9">

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/eventsRecycleView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>

11. MainActivity.java

Now we will write code to getAllEvents in MainActivity. As a result of this we will be able to see all events on recycler view. In other words we need to populate our Home page with previously created events. Therefore, we are going to implement MainActivity for EventRecyclerViewAdapter.

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Switch;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.adapter.EventRecyclerViewAdapter;
import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.database.SqliteDBHelper;
import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.models.Event;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements EventRecyclerViewAdapter.ItemClickListener {

    private static final String TAG = "MainActivity";
    private EventRecyclerViewAdapter adapter;
    private ArrayList<Event> events;
    private SqliteDBHelper sqliteDBHelper;
    private int totalEvents = 0;
    private RecyclerView recyclerView;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //DB Helper Instance
        sqliteDBHelper = new SqliteDBHelper(MainActivity.this);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);



        // set up the RecyclerView
        recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.eventsRecycleView);
        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getApplicationContext()));
        loadEvents();

    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        if (totalEvents != sqliteDBHelper.getAllEvents().size()){
            //update events home
            events.clear();
            loadEvents();
        }
        super.onResume();
    }

    private void loadEvents() {
        // Fetch all events and save in Events ArrayList
        events = sqliteDBHelper.getAllEvents();
        totalEvents = events.size();

        Log.d(TAG, "Total Events: "+totalEvents);
        if (totalEvents==0){
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"No Events found.",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
        adapter = new EventRecyclerViewAdapter(getApplicationContext(), events);
        adapter.setClickListener(this);
        recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
    }


    //creating option menu
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);

        // return true so that the menu pop up is opened
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.createEvent:
                //move to create event page
                Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),CreateEventActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
                return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemClick(View view, int position) {

    }
}

11.1 Deleting Event Confirmation Dialog

A new AlertDialog is added in onItemClick method of MainActivity. As a result of this user will be able to see a confirmation dialog whether its want to delete or update event.

@Override
    public void onItemClick(View view, final int position) {
        final Event event = adapter.getItem(position);
        Log.d("response ",event.getTitle());
        new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this)
                .setTitle(event.getTitle())
                .setMessage("What is your desired action?")
                .setPositiveButton("Update", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        //update Event Activity in Next Step
                    }
                })
                .setNegativeButton("Delete", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Event Deleted Successfully", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        sqliteDBHelper.deleteEvent(event);
                        events.remove(position);
                        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                    }
                })
                .setNeutralButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                       dialog.dismiss();
                    }
                })
                .setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info)
                .setCancelable(true)
                .show();
    }

Last and final step of our sqilte integration is Updating of existing events. Above all steps will give you a complete app but to have full app with update event functionality you need to keep following next step.

12. UpdateEventActivity.Java

We will create a new activity named UpdateEventActivity but with this activity we will use xml of our existing CreateEventActivity, as a result of this it will save our effort and time. For instance we need to update event title, venue or event date all of these views are already in create event activity so we will continue with activity_create_event.xml.

package com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
import android.app.TimePickerDialog;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.DatePicker;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TimePicker;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.database.SqliteDBHelper;
import com.tutorialscache.sqliteeventsapp.models.Event;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class UpdateEventActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {

private static final String TAG = "UpdateEventActivity";
private static Date eventDate;
private String startDateStr;
private EditText titleEditText;
private EditText eventDateET;
private EditText venueEditText;
private Button createEventButton;
private Calendar myCalendar;
private Event event;
private SqliteDBHelper sqliteDBHelper;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_create_event);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        sqliteDBHelper = new SqliteDBHelper(UpdateEventActivity.this);

        event = sqliteDBHelper.getEventByID(getIntent().getExtras().getLong("id"));
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Update Event");


        titleEditText = findViewById(R.id.titleET);
        titleEditText.setText(event.getTitle());
        eventDateET = findViewById(R.id.eventDateET);
        eventDateET.setText(event.getEventDate());
        venueEditText = findViewById(R.id.venueET);
        venueEditText.setText(event.getVenue());
        createEventButton = findViewById(R.id.createEventButton);

        createEventButton.setOnClickListener(this);
        eventDateET.setOnClickListener(this);
        createEventButton.setOnClickListener(this);
        createEventButton.setText("Save");
        }

/**
 * Called when a view has been clicked.
 * @param v The view that was clicked.
 */
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
        if (v == eventDateET) {
        getDate();
        }

        if (v == createEventButton) {
        //getting text from edit texts
        String title = titleEditText.getText().toString().trim();
        String eventDate = eventDateET.getText().toString().trim();
        String venue = venueEditText.getText().toString().trim();

        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(title) && !TextUtils.isEmpty(eventDate) && !TextUtils.isEmpty(venue)) {
        long temp_id = 1;
        Event event = new Event(temp_id,title, eventDate, venue,Calendar.getInstance().getTime().toString());

        sqliteDBHelper.updateEvent(event);

        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Event Updated Successfully.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        } else {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please fill fields to continue", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
        }
        }


private void getDate() {
        myCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();

        DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener date = new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {

@Override
public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear,
                      int dayOfMonth) {
        myCalendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
        myCalendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, monthOfYear);
        myCalendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, dayOfMonth);
        String myFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy";
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(myFormat, Locale.US);
        try {
        eventDate = sdf.parse(sdf.format(myCalendar.getTime()));
        startDateStr = sdf.format(myCalendar.getTime());
        getTime();
        } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        }

        }
        };
        new DatePickerDialog(UpdateEventActivity.this, date, myCalendar
        .get(Calendar.YEAR), myCalendar.get(Calendar.MONTH),
        myCalendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)).show();
        }



private void getTime() {
        Calendar mCurrentTime = Calendar.getInstance();
        int hour = mCurrentTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
        int minute = mCurrentTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
        TimePickerDialog mTimePicker;
        mTimePicker = new TimePickerDialog(UpdateEventActivity.this, new TimePickerDialog.OnTimeSetListener() {
@SuppressLint({"SetTextI18n", "DefaultLocale"})
@Override
public void onTimeSet(TimePicker timePicker, int hourOfDay, int minute) {
        boolean isPM = (hourOfDay >= 12);
        String time = " " + String.format("%02d:%02d:00 %s",
        (hourOfDay == 12 || hourOfDay == 0) ? 12 : hourOfDay % 12, minute, isPM ? "PM" : "AM");
        eventDateET.setText(startDateStr.concat(time));
        }
        }, hour, minute, false);
        mTimePicker.setTitle("Select Time");
        mTimePicker.show();
        }

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
        // Respond to the action bar's Up/Home button
        case android.R.id.home:
        finish();
        return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
        }

Update Event Intent in onclick listener of MainActivity. As a result of positive button click (Update) it will bring up Edit Event Page.

@Override
    public void onItemClick(View view, final int position) {
        final Event event = adapter.getItem(position);
        Log.d("response ",event.getTitle());
        new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this)
                .setTitle(event.getTitle())
                .setMessage("What action do you want to perform?")
                .setPositiveButton("Update", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        //update Event Activity
                        Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),UpdateEventActivity.class);
                        intent.putExtra("id",event.getId());
                        startActivity(intent);
                    }
                })
                .setNegativeButton("Delete", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Event Deleted Successfully", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        sqliteDBHelper.deleteEvent(event);
                        events.remove(position);
                        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                    }
                })
                .setNeutralButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                       dialog.dismiss();
                    }
                })
                .setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info)
                .setCancelable(true)
                .show();
    }
}