SQLCipher for Android 2.1.2 Beta

[Nick Parker]

Hi folks,

We are releasing a beta of SQLCipher for Android 2.1.2. This release
includes a fix to the native CursorWindow that removes the usage of
android::MemoryBase. We have been working with Google as they have been
testing a new Android platform release that marks this API as private
and would cause a crash.

This new beta addresses that issue and Google has verified it works
properly within their upcoming platform release. We have also tested
this with our test suite allowing us to maintain our platform support
for Android 2.1 and up.

If you get the opportunity to try out the new SQLCipher for Android beta
within your own application we'd love to hear back from you. A link to
the binaries can be found below. Thanks!

http://sqlcipher.net/storage/android/downloads/SQLCipher%20for%20Android%202.1.2-beta.zip

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Nick Parker

[Mark Murphy]

This may be slightly off-topic, but what is "android::MemoryBase"? I'm
always on the lookout for regressions, which is why your "marks this
API as private and would cause a crash" caught my attention.

I'll try to give the beta a whirl on Sunday.

Thanks!

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[Nick Parker]

On 3/2/13 6:11 PM, Mark Murphy wrote:
> This may be slightly off-topic, but what is "android::MemoryBase"? I'm
> always on the lookout for regressions, which is why your "marks this
> API as private and would cause a crash" caught my attention.
>
> I'll try to give the beta a whirl on Sunday.
>
> Thanks!

Hi Mark,

android::MemoryBase and its counterpart MemoryHeapBase provide a means
to access a block of non contiguous memory. They provide access to this
memory as a wrapper around Android shared memory (ashmem) provided by
the Linux kernel. This allows you to share memory across different
processes through a binder.

We look forward to hearing your results, thanks!

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Nick Parker

[Tony]

For the benefit of anyone else like me coming into this a couple of months later...

The download is now here:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sqlcipher/SQLCipher%20for%20Android%202.1.2-beta.zip