Is SQLite a Core Data?
Although Core Data supports SQLite as a store type, the store format—like those of the other native Core Data stores—is private.
When should I use Core Data?
Here is Apple’s quick overview: “Use Core Data to save your application’s permanent data for offline use, to cache temporary data, and to add undo functionality to your app on a single device.” To give a bit more detail, CoreData is Apple’s technology to save your structured data locally.
Should I use Core Data or realm?
Core Data is incredibly fast if you consider what it does under the hood to do its magic. But Realm is faster, much faster. Realm was built with performance in mind and that shows. As Marcus Zarra once said in a presentation, you don’t choose Core Data for its speed.
Why SQLite should not be used?
It is said you can’t use SQLite in production because it doesn’t support concurrency (no more than one user can be writing to the database at the same time) and it can’t scale. But let’s be pragmatic. Many applications are used only by a few users. For example, they are used on an intranet of a small company.
What is the difference between core data and SQLite?
That is the most important difference because there is very little to compare. Core Data and SQLite are solutions to different problems. Core Data can use SQLite as its persistent store, but the framework itself is not a database. Core Data is not a database. Core Data is a framework for managing an object graph.
Is the Entity Framework Core Provider for SQLite?
The Entity Framework Core provider for SQLite is built on top of this library. However, it can also be used independently or with other data access libraries. The latest stable version is available on NuGet. This library implements the common ADO.NET abstractions for connections, commands, data readers, and so on.
What can you do with EF Core in SQLite?
It will apply the new migration to the database. Now you can use SQLite database to insert, delete and update data. The SQLite provider has some migrations limitations, and mostly these limitations are not EF Core specific but underlying SQLite database engine. The SQLite provider does not support schemas and Sequences.
What’s the purpose of microsoft.data.sqlite?
Especially when it comes to “Microsoft.Data.Sqlite,” it supports basic functionalities for managing data in-memory or file system. In the near future, we can expect some changes. The primary purpose or intention of writing this article is to provide an introduction and usage about “SQLite” library that Microsoft is currently building.
