Android Access Another App's Database

I am creating an android application, and I want to directly access another application's database file (read from it). What's the best way to go about this, since applications are

Solution 1:

Are you developing both apps? If so then the the correct way to do this is to make use of ContentProviders If you aren't developing the app with the database check with its developer to see if it provides a ContentProvider.

If the app with the database you are trying to access doesn't provide an easy way to access its data then you can't do this without root, at which point you're problem has become many times more difficult.