Overview of Room Persistence Library

Introduction

Android apps can utilize SQLite databases to persist structured data. SQLite is a cross-platform SQL-based database that’s stored as a single file on the disk. The Room persistence library is a wrapper on top of the SQLite database layer. It’s part of Android Jetpack Components, and it simplifies database access by providing an easy-to-use abstraction layer on top of SQLite.

Some of the features provided by Room are as follows:

• It provides annotations for common database operations, eliminating the need to write ...