Updation from android-database-sqlcipher to sqlcipher-android

[ashishgingercube]

Hi, my application has been using android-database-sqlcipher for quite some years now. Today I got the following message from playstore.

net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher has reported android-database-sqlcipher:3.5.9 as outdated. You may not be able to release future versions of your app with this SDK version to production or open testing.

so I replaced implementation ‘net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:3.5.9@aar’ with implementation ‘net.zetetic:sqlcipher-android:4.5.5@aar’

But on doing that I am getting this issue.

Task :maxRVU:mergeMaxrvuDebugNativeLibs FAILED
Execution failed for task ‘:maxRVU:mergeMaxrvuDebugNativeLibs’.
A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.MergeNativeLibsTask$MergeNativeLibsTaskWorkAction
2 files found with path ‘lib/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so’ from inputs:

• /Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/47cad2ebd25762db6d4f72d65143456b/transformed/jetified-sqlcipher-android-4.5.5/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so
• /Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/ff8ddd5b58a3b5727c6ff94414d581dd/transformed/jetified-android-database-sqlcipher-3.5.9/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so

Can you help me with what I can do to fix this issues?

Thank you.

[developernotes]

Hi @ashishgingercube,

You have to remove the android-database-sqlcipher reference from Gradle. We have migration instruction here ¹.

Footnotes

1. https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-for-android-migration/ ↩

[ashishgingercube]

Hi, I have removed
implementation 'net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:3.5.9@aar'

and added

implementation 'net.zetetic:sqlcipher-android:4.5.5@aar'
implementation 'androidx.sqlite:sqlite:2.2.0'

packagingOptions {
exclude 'lib/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so'
exclude 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libsqlcipher.so'
exclude 'lib/x86/libsqlcipher.so'
exclude 'lib/x86_64/libsqlcipher.so'
}

and in my activity I have changed this

SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(_mContext);

to

SQLiteDatabase.loadLibs(_mContext, libraries -> {
for (String library : libraries) {
ReLinker.loadLibrary(_mContext, library);
}
});

But now I am getting this issue

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: library "libsqlcipher.so" not found

Can you please help me with this issue?

Thank you.

[developernotes]

Why are you excluding the native libsqlcipher.so? The native library is included within the SQLCipher for Android AAR and is needed.

[DinShopper]

Hello fellows, I received the same mesage from the playstore. "net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher has reported android-database-sqlcipher:3.5.9 as outdated. You may not be able to release future versions of your app with this SDK version to production or open testing." does that mean i have to update it to version starting with 4.x or migrate to the newer "net.zetetic:sqlcipher-android" library. I know the latter would be better option, but it caught me off guard and full migration to different API would take time and testing. So can i just update it to version 4.x and migrate just the db's?

[ashishgingercube]

Task :maxRVU:mergeMaxrvuDebugNativeLibs FAILED Execution failed for task ‘:maxRVU:mergeMaxrvuDebugNativeLibs’. A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.MergeNativeLibsTask$MergeNativeLibsTaskWorkAction 2 files found with path ‘lib/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so’ from inputs:

• /Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/47cad2ebd25762db6d4f72d65143456b/transformed/jetified-sqlcipher-android-4.5.5/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so
• /Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/ff8ddd5b58a3b5727c6ff94414d581dd/transformed/jetified-android-database-sqlcipher-3.5.9/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so

I excluded the libsqlcipher.so because I was getting this error

Task :maxRVU:mergeMaxrvuDebugNativeLibs FAILED
Execution failed for task ‘:maxRVU:mergeMaxrvuDebugNativeLibs’.
A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.MergeNativeLibsTask$MergeNativeLibsTaskWorkAction
2 files found with path ‘lib/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so’ from inputs:

/Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/47cad2ebd25762db6d4f72d65143456b/transformed/jetified-sqlcipher-android-4.5.5/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so
/Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/ff8ddd5b58a3b5727c6ff94414d581dd/transformed/jetified-android-database-sqlcipher-3.5.9/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so

Can you help me with this issue? And how long will it be until I can no longer use the current version I am using?

Thank you.

[developernotes]

Hello @DinShopper,

The android-database-sqlcipher library was officially deprecated last year ¹. You are welcome to migrate to the 4.x series of that library, however, please note that Community updates are no longer being made. The long-term replacement library is sqlcipher-android ² and is kept up-to-date with public SQLCipher core releases. We have a migration guide available here ³. If you have a Commercial need for android-database-sqlcipher, please reach out ⁴.

Footnotes

1. https://www.zetetic.net/blog/2023/08/31/sqlcipher-4.5.5-release/ ↩

2. https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-android/ ↩

3. https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-for-android-migration/ ↩

4. support@zetetic.net ↩

[DinShopper]

Hello @developernotes,

Thank you very much for the fast response. I am planning to update to the sqlcipher-android, but for the time being a way to avoid the Google Play Store message is a priority for me. Is there a page (link) where i can see which versions of the old library (android-database-sqlcipher) are currently outdated for the Google Play Store. Are only the 3.x versions marked as outdated, or are the 4.x versions also considered outdated?

[developernotes]

@DinShopper,

android-database-sqlcipher 4.2.0 and up to 4.5.4 (the last Community edition release of android-database-sqlcipher) are not marked as outdated currently. If you are migrating from version 3.x to 4.x of SQLCipher (regardless of the library itself), please also review the Upgrading to SQLCipher 4 guidance here ¹.

Footnotes

1. https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/upgrading-to-sqlcipher-4/3283 ↩

[developernotes]

Hi @ashishgingercube,

Please try cleaning your Gradle cache if you are still getting a merge native libs error if you've already settled on either only android-database-sqlcipher or sqlcipher-android within your application. Also, please remove the exclude lines within your packagingOptions.

[asifsaifi92]

Hi @developernotes ,

I am getting this error and app is getting crashed.

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: No implementation found for void net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.dbopen(java.lang.String, int) (tried Java_net_sqlcipher_database_SQLiteDatabase_dbopen and Java_net_sqlcipher_database_SQLiteDatabase_dbopen__Ljava_lang_String_2I)

[developernotes]

Hi @asifsaifi92,

I am getting this error and app is getting crashed.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: No implementation found for void net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.dbopen(java.lang.String, int) (tried Java_net_sqlcipher_database_SQLiteDatabase_dbopen and Java_net_sqlcipher_database_SQLiteDatabase_dbopen__Ljava_lang_String_2I)

Unfortunately, this is not enough information to diagnose the issue you are experiencing. Below are some questions that would help us better understand your situation:

• What SQLCipher for Android library are you using (i.e., android-database-sqlcipher or sqlcipher-android)?
• What version of SQLCipher for Android are you using?
• Are you upgrading from a previous version of SQLCipher for Android?
  • If so, what version?
  • Does the error go away if you revert back to the previous version?
• Are you excluding the native libraries (similar to what @ashishgingercube did above)?
• Are you using ProGuard?
  • If so, does disabling ProGuard resolve the issue?
• Are you loading the native SQLCipher library prior to utilizing any of the SQLCipher for Android Java classes?
• What have you done to troubleshoot the issue thus far?

If your issue is not related to the initial posting, please consider posting a new separate issue.

[ashishgingercube]

Hi @ashishgingercube,

Please try cleaning your Gradle cache if you are still getting a merge native libs error if you've already settled on either only android-database-sqlcipher or sqlcipher-android within your application. Also, please remove the exclude lines within your packagingOptions.

Hi, thanks for the reply. So I went back & deleted the cache folder in my .gradle folder. Invalidated the cache in my android studio. Also removed the exclude lines as you instructed. Then in my gradle file I replaced 'implementation 'net.zetetic:android-database-sqlcipher:3.5.9@aar'' with 'implementation 'net.zetetic:sqlcipher-android:4.5.5@aar''. But still I'm getting this error -

2 files found with path 'lib/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so' from inputs:

• /Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/47cad2ebd25762db6d4f72d65143456b/transformed/jetified-sqlcipher-android-4.5.5/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so
• /Users/ashish/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/ff8ddd5b58a3b5727c6ff94414d581dd/transformed/jetified-android-database-sqlcipher-3.5.9/jni/arm64-v8a/libsqlcipher.so

Can you please help me with a solution of my problem? Thanks in advance.

[developernotes]

Hi @ashishgingercube,

You will need to review your dependencies, both direct and transitive as it appears you are pulling in both android-database-sqlcipher and sqlcipher-android, both of which bundle native libraries.

[ashishgingercube]

Hi @ashishgingercube,

You will need to review your dependencies, both direct and transitive as it appears you are pulling in both android-database-sqlcipher and sqlcipher-android, both of which bundle native libraries.

Hi, thanks for the reply. I checked my dependencies & found that this dependency creates android-database-sqlcipher folder

implementation "com.commonsware.cwac:saferoom.x:0.5.1"

But I can't remove this because it is connected to a lot of places in my application. Can you suggest a way out for me? Thank you.