Integrating SQLCIPHER in Android Studio Project

android, android-activity, database, sqlcipher, sqlcipher-android

Solution

add this to your build.gradle of your app and it should work out of the box:

dependencies {
     compile 'net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:3.5.2@aar'
     ...
}

In your code, you should load the 'native libraries' as this 'aar' file contains a few of them.

SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(context);

NOTE that you should use the `net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase` instead of `android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase`, just like a couple of other SQLite classes.

Problem

I tried integrating SQLCipher in my Android Application, using this link and also some stack-overflow links(but they are out-dated and differs from official document). All the steps are correctly followed, and there is no error in the coding part. But at last, when I build the project, the error message I get is : Error:(11, 0) Gradle DSL method not found: 'defaultConfig()' Possible causes: - The project 'android-database-sqlcipher-master1' may be using a version of Gradle that does not contain the method. Open Gradle wrapper file - The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin. Apply Gradle plugin Can anyone please help me to get rid of this error.

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