[android-developers] Transfer database file to Android

I'm "porting" an app that I've supported for many years on PalmOS PDAs.
In that world, the user runs a Windows program on his PC that creates a
PalmOS database file, which is then Hotsynced to the handheld for the
PalmOS app to use. For Android, it should work in a similar way, with
the user periodically updating the database on the Android device by
regenerating it on his PC.

So far, I've made the conversion on the Windows side to generate an
SQLite database and can use "adb push" to transfer it to the emulator,
where I've verified that I can run queries on it using the sqlite3 tool,
etc.

What I'm unclear on at this early stage is how the file transfer can be
accomplished with an actual Android device. These files can tend to be
rather large, so perhaps the SD card would be a good place to put them,
but in any case I'm unclear on if there is any built-in or automated way
to transfer files from a PC to an Android device. My users tend to be
non-techy people and I can't trust them to manually copy the file to the
correct location, if that's even possible.

Another thought I've had is some way to store the converted file out in
the "cloud" somewhere and then have my app retrieve it from there.

Any ideas or suggestions on this would be appreciated!

Doug Gordon
GHCS Systems

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