What is "SQLiteDatabase created and never closed" error?

Question

I have closed the database in my adapter class, so whay is this error showingup on logcat but my application is not forcr closing but only error is showing on log cat..where i shuold have to close the database for ignoring this error...?

my errors are...below..in which class i left for closing the database.....i took help from this link http://www.vogella.de/articles/AndroidSQLite/article.html

ERROR/Database(265): Leak found
      ERROR/Database(265): java.lang.IllegalStateException: /data/data/expenceanywhere.mobile/databases/data SQLiteDatabase created and never closed
      ERROR/Database(265):     at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.<init>(SQLiteDatabase.java:1581)
      ERROR/Database(265):     at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:638)
      ERROR/Database(265):     at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:659)
      ERROR/Database(265):     at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openOrCreateDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:652)
      ERROR/Database(265):     at android.app.ApplicationContext.openOrCreateDatabase(ApplicationContext.java:482)
       ERROR/Database(265):     at android.content.ContextWrapper.openOrCreateDatabase(ContextWrapper.java:193)
       ERROR/Database(265):     at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:98)
        ERROR/Database(265):     at expenceanywhere.mobile.NotesDbAdapter.open(NotesDbAdapter.java:56)
        ERROR/Database(265):     at expenceanywhere.mobile.AddEditExpense.onCreate(AddEditExpense.java:199)
        ERROR/Database(265):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1123)
        ERROR/Database(265):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2364)
       ERROR/Database(265):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2417)
       ERROR/Database(265):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2100(ActivityThread.java:116)
         ERROR/Database(265):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794)
         ERROR/Database(265):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
         ERROR/Database(265):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
         ERROR/Database(265):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4203)
       ERROR/Database(265):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
       ERROR/Database(265):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
       ERROR/Database(265):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:791)
         ERROR/Database(265):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:549)
          ERROR/Database(265):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

Remember to always close db in Helper class

//---closes the database---    
public void close() 
{
    DBHelper.close();
}

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