ActiveAndroid setup

Question

I'm new to Android and I'm trying to use SQLite with Active Android ORM. I have a simple todo app and I'm following the tutorial to setup active android. However, it doesn't tell you where to actually put your model files.

https://github.com/pardom/ActiveAndroid/wiki/Getting-started

I believe I have my AndroidManifest.xml setup correctly, I don't know where to put the class where you actually setup your models. This snippet was provided in the tutorial but I don't know where it goes

public class MyApplication extends SomeLibraryApplication {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        ActiveAndroid.initialize(this);
    }
}

Also, do I create a new file in app/java/com.blahblah and declare my tables there?

Any help on how to structure this would be appreicated

Answer 1

It's really simple really. After you've added your application class, make sure to add it to your manifest:

<application
    ***android:name=".MyApplication"***
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

As for where you put your models, it doesn't matter really. You can have a following structure:

Just make sure to add any of your model classes to manifest. Here's how my manifest would look for above structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.dbtest" >

<application
    android:name=".MyApplication"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <!-- Set a name for your database -->
    <meta-data android:name="AA_DB_NAME" android:value="SomeDatabaseName.db" />
    <meta-data android:name="AA_DB_VERSION" android:value="5" />

    <!-- All of your models (tables) go here, separated by coma -->
    <meta-data
        android:name="AA_MODELS"
        android:value="com.example.dbtest.models.Item, com.example.dbtest.models.Category" />

</application>

</manifest>

I think that's all there is to it.