null pointer uitzondering bij het proberen toegang te krijgen tot DatabaseHelper in een gekopieerde database van activa naar data\data\

stop dit bestand in je pakket

public class DBAdapter extends SQLiteOpenHelper {

private static String DB_PATH = "";
private static final String DB_NAME = "temp.sqlite";//your database name with extention any
private SQLiteDatabase myDataBase;
private final Context myContext;

private static DBAdapter mDBConnection;

/**
 * Constructor
 * Takes and keeps a reference of the passed context in order to access to the application assets and resources.
 * @param context
 */
private DBAdapter(Context context) {
    super(context, DB_NAME, null, 1);
    this.myContext = context;
    DB_PATH = "/data/data/"
            + context.getApplicationContext().getPackageName()
            + "/databases/";
    // The Android's default system path of your application database is
    // "/data/data/mypackagename/databases/"
}

/**
 * getting Instance
 * @param context
 * @return DBAdapter
 */
public static synchronized DBAdapter getDBAdapterInstance(Context context) {
    if (mDBConnection == null) {
        mDBConnection = new DBAdapter(context);
    }
    return mDBConnection;
}

/**
 * Creates an empty database on the system and rewrites it with your own database.
 **/
public void createDataBase() throws IOException {

    boolean dbExist = checkDataBase();

    if (dbExist) {
        // do nothing - database already exist
    } else {
        // By calling following method
        // 1) an empty database will be created into the default system path of your application
        // 2) than we overwrite that database with our database.
        this.getReadableDatabase();
        try {
            copyDataBase();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new Error("Error copying database");
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Check if the database already exist to avoid re-copying the file each time you open the application.
 * @return true if it exists, false if it doesn't
 */
private boolean checkDataBase() {
    SQLiteDatabase checkDB = null;
    try {
        String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
        checkDB = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null,
                SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY);

    } catch (SQLiteException e) {
        // database does't exist yet.
    }
    if (checkDB != null) {
        checkDB.close();
    }
    return checkDB != null ? true : false;
}

/**
 * Copies your database from your local assets-folder to the just created
 * empty database in the system folder, from where it can be accessed and
 * handled. This is done by transfering bytestream.
 * */
private void copyDataBase() throws IOException {
        // Open your local db as the input stream
    InputStream myInput = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
        // Path to the just created empty db
    String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
        // Open the empty db as the output stream
    OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);
        // transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    int length;
    while ((length = myInput.read(buffer)) > 0) {
        myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
    }
        // Close the streams
    myOutput.flush();
    myOutput.close();
    myInput.close();
}

/**
 * Open the database
 * @throws SQLException
 */
public SQLiteDatabase openDataBase() throws SQLException {
    String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
    myDataBase = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);       
    return myDataBase;
}

/**
 * Close the database if exist
 */
@Override
public synchronized void close() {
    if (myDataBase != null)
        myDataBase.close();
    super.close();
}

/**
 * Call on creating data base for example for creating tables at run time
 */
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
}

/**
 * can used for drop tables then call onCreate(db) function to create tables again - upgrade
 */
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
}
}

Activiteit onCreate-methode

private DBAdapter dba;
     @Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.profile);
              dba = DBAdapter.getDBAdapterInstance(this);
    try {
        dba.createDataBase();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e("log_tag", e.getLocalizedMessage());
    }
}

en voor code invoegen

    SQLiteDatabase sqldb = dba.openDataBase();
    ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
    cv.put("field", fieldvalue);
    sqldb.insert(table, nullColumnHack, cv);
    sqldb.close();
    dba.close();
    cv = null;