@microbit/capacitor-sqlite-vanilla

Minimal Capacitor 7 plugin for SQLite on iOS and Android.

No encryption (no crypto export drama). No web support.

Stumbled across this? This plugin has intentionally limited scope and has had no real world use outside of one app. Your goals might be better met via https://github.com/capacitor-community/sqlite or perhaps https://capawesome.io/plugins/sqlite/ (commercial).

Supported versions

Android

Uses androidx.sqlite:sqlite-bundled which embeds SQLite compiled from source, providing a consistent and up-to-date version regardless of the device's OS. This avoids the fragmentation of Android's system SQLite.

iOS

Uses the system sqlite3 framework. The SQLite version depends on the user's OS version — the minimum is SQLite 3.32.3 (iOS 14, the lowest version supported by Capacitor 7). Notable features unavailable on older iOS versions include:

• RETURNING clause and ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN (3.35.0, iOS 15+)
• STRICT tables (3.37.0, iOS 15.4+)
• Built-in JSON operators -> / ->> (3.38.0, iOS 16+)
• RIGHT and FULL OUTER JOIN (3.39.0, iOS 16+)

BLOB handling

BLOB columns in query results are returned as arrays of unsigned byte values (0–255), e.g. [72, 101, 108, 108, 111]. This matches the behaviour of the Capacitor community SQLite plugin but is inefficient for large values — consider storing binary data as base64-encoded TEXT instead.

API

Bridge methods

Method	Description
open({name})	Open or create a database
close({name})	Close a database
execute({name, statements})	Execute raw SQL (DDL, multi-statement)
run({name, statement, values?})	Parameterized write, returns {changes, lastId}
query({name, statement, values?})	Parameterized read, returns {values: [...]}
executeSet({name, set, transaction?})	Multiple parameterized statements in a transaction
isDBOpen({name})	Check if a database is open
deleteDatabase({name})	Delete a database file
getVersion({name})	Get SQLite user_version pragma

TypeScript wrappers

SQLiteConnection and SQLiteDBConnection provide a convenience API over the bridge:

import { SQLiteVanilla, SQLiteConnection } from '@microbit/capacitor-sqlite-vanilla';

const db = await sqlite.createConnection('my-db');

await db.execute('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS items (id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT)');
await db.run('INSERT INTO items (id, name) VALUES (?, ?)', ['1', 'Example']);
const { values } = await db.query('SELECT id, name FROM items');
await db.close();

Build

npm install
npm run build

License

This software is under the MIT open source license.

SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

We use dependencies via the NPM registry as specified by the package.json file under common Open Source licenses.

Full details of each package can be found by running license-checker:

$ npx license-checker --direct --summary --production

Omit the flags as desired to obtain more detail.

Code of conduct

Trust, partnership, simplicity and passion are our core values we live and breathe in our daily work life and within our projects. Our open-source projects are no exception. We have an active community which spans the globe and we welcome and encourage participation and contributions to our projects by everyone. We work to foster a positive, open, inclusive and supportive environment and trust that our community respects the micro:bit code of conduct. Please see our code of conduct which outlines our expectations for all those that participate in our community and details on how to report any concerns and what would happen should breaches occur.