Realm is the database solution for proposed as a replacement for SQLite & Core Data.It persists on its own persistence engine.
Realm is also cross-platform that supports both iOS and Android, so developers who write Java, Swift, Objective-C can share the same Realm files painlessly.
There are some advantages of Realm over SQLite:
1. Realm is faster than SQLite
2. it is easy to use
3. object conversion can be handled easy
4. convenient for creating and storing data on the fly
Realm missing the following features:
1. Realm null support
2. auto incrementing
3. Map support
4. easy migrations
5. notifications on specific data changed
6. compound primary keys
Some important guide for Installation:
Realm is installed as a Gradle plugin.
Installing Realm as a Gradle plugin is a two step process.
Step 1: Add the following class path dependency to the project level build.gradle file.
Step 2: Apply the realm-android plugin to the top of application level build.gradle file.
Realm is also cross-platform that supports both iOS and Android, so developers who write Java, Swift, Objective-C can share the same Realm files painlessly.
There are some advantages of Realm over SQLite:
1. Realm is faster than SQLite
2. it is easy to use
3. object conversion can be handled easy
4. convenient for creating and storing data on the fly
Realm missing the following features:
1. Realm null support
2. auto incrementing
3. Map support
4. easy migrations
5. notifications on specific data changed
6. compound primary keys
Some important guide for Installation:
Realm is installed as a Gradle plugin.
Installing Realm as a Gradle plugin is a two step process.
Step 1: Add the following class path dependency to the project level build.gradle file.
buildscript
{
repositories
{
jcenter()
}
dependencies
{
classpath
"io.realm:realm-gradle-plugin:0.90.1"
}
}
Step 2: Apply the realm-android plugin to the top of application level build.gradle file.
apply
plugin: 'realm-android'
