Overview of Room Persistence Library
Understand the Room Persistence Library architecture and key components, including Entity, Dao, and Database. Explore how Room simplifies SQLite database interactions, supports migrations, and integrates with lifecycle-aware components to efficiently manage Android app data.
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Introduction
Android apps can utilize SQLite databases to persist structured data. SQLite is a cross-platform SQL-based database that’s stored as a single file on the disk. The Room persistence library is a wrapper on top of the SQLite database layer. It’s part of Android Jetpack Components, and it simplifies database access by providing an easy-to-use abstraction layer on top of SQLite.
Some of the features provided by Room are as follows:
It provides annotations for common database operations, eliminating the need to write ...