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Android Android Data Persistence CRUD Operations with SQLite Opening the Database

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Android data persistence (crud sqlite section) code challenge error.

Hello,

I am getting the following error in the code challenge,

JavaTester.java:67: error: non-static method getWritableDatabase() cannot be referenced from a static context

CodeChallenge.java 
PetSQLiteHelper petSQLiteHelper = new PetSQLiteHelper(context);
SQLiteDatabase database;

database = PetSQLiteHelper.getWritableDatabase();

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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getWriteableDatabase is an instance method, not a class method. You need to call it from the helper you created , petSQLiteHelper, not the PetSQLiteHelper class.