Saving Data on Android

Room Persistence Library
 instead, which will provide an abstraction layer for 
accessing the data in your app's SQLite databases. One disadvantage to using the 
SQLite APIs is that there is no compile-time verification of the raw SQL queries, and 
if the database structure changes, the affected queries have to be updated manually. 
Another is that you need to write a lot of boilerplate code to connect and transform 
SQL queries and data objects.
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If you have written an app in the past that utilizes the SQLite APIs in Java, this 
chapter will show you how to use them with Kotlin, instead. However, if you have 
never seen an app that utilizes the SQLite APIs, this section will show you an 
example of how to use them in your apps. Overall, this section will give you a greater 
understanding and appreciation for the new and improved