Inserting data into database

Inserting data into the database using Anko SQLite is a piece of cake. In this recipe, we will learn how to do that.

Getting ready

I'll be using Android Studio 3 to write code. You can get started by adding anko-sqlite dependencies to your project by adding the following lines to your build.gradle file:

dependencies {
    compile "org.jetbrains.anko:anko-sqlite:$anko_version"
}

You can replace $anko_version with the latest version of the library.

How to do it…

Let's insert data into our database by following the mentioned steps:

1. Let's start with our database helper, in which we will be creating a Requests table with the name, message, and id fields, as follows:

class DatabaseHelper(ctx: Context) : ManagedSQLiteOpenHelper(ctx, "SupportDatabase", null, 1) {
    companion object {
        private var instance: DatabaseHelper? = null

        @Synchronized
        fun getInstance(context: Context): DatabaseHelper {
            if (instance == null) {
                instance...