How to Clear Database in Realm in Android

Question

I want to clear whole database when a user press logout button and loads a new data when another user login.I tried many solutions like

try {
        Realm.deleteRealm(realmConfiguration);   
    } catch (Exception ex){
        throw ex;
    }

Also

 try {
        Realm.deleteRealmFile(getActivity());
        //Realm file has been deleted.
    } catch (Exception ex){
        ex.printStackTrace();
        //No Realm file to remove.
    }

But neither of the code works. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

When you call Realm.deleteRealm(), you have to make sure all the Realm instances are closed, otherwise an exception will be thrown without deleting anything. By calling this method, all Realm files are deleted, which means all objects & schemas are gone. Catching all exceptions is a bad practise for any general cases.

Or you can call Realm.delelteAll() in a transaction block. This doesn't require all Realm instances closed. It will just delete all the objects in the Realm without clearing the schemas. And again, don't catch all exceptions.