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7/5/2026

How to Use SQLite in Capacitor Apps
Short summary
Tutorial on integrating SQLite with Capacitor apps across iOS, Android, Web (WASM), and Electron. Covers platform-specific setup, schema migrations, encryption with SQLCipher, full-text search, and compares the free community plugin versus commercial Capawesome plugin. Includes code examples and configuration for each platform stack.
- •When to use SQLite vs. Preferences API or IndexedDB for persistent, queryable data
- •Platform-specific setup for Android, iOS, Web WASM, and Electron with code examples
- •Advanced topics: schema migrations, encryption, full-text search, and plugin options
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