First off, you will need to construct a sqlite database from your csv. This can be done in the following way:
Create the necessary table (users.sql)
CREATE TABLE users( firstname TEXT NOT NULL, lastname TEXT NOT NULL, dob TEXT NOT NULL );
Create the sqlite database
sqlite3 database.db < users.sql
Insert the csv data
sqlite3 database.db .mode csv .import data.csv users
Put database.db into your assets and add that in pubspec.yaml.
flutter: # ... assets: - assets/database.db
In your app, you’ll have to copy the asset file into “documents”. This is slightly complicated.
// Construct a file path to copy database to Directory documentsDirectory = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory(); String path = join(documentsDirectory.path, "asset_database.db"); // Only copy if the database doesn't exist if (FileSystemEntity.typeSync(path) == FileSystemEntityType.notFound){ // Load database from asset and copy ByteData data = await rootBundle.load(join('assets', 'database.db')); List<int> bytes = data.buffer.asUint8List(data.offsetInBytes, data.lengthInBytes); // Save copied asset to documents await new File(path).writeAsBytes(bytes); }
Lastly, you can access the database like so.
Directory appDocDir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory(); String databasePath = join(appDocDir.path, 'asset_database.db'); this.db = await openDatabase(databasePath); initialized = true;
Example query (this._initialize() is step 6)
Future<List<Page>> search(String word, int parentId) async { if (!initialized) await this._initialize(); String query = ''' SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 25'''; return await this.db.rawQuery(query); }