--- title: OrmLite for Android | daily.dev description: A 2011 exploration of ORM options for Android development, explaining why standard Java ORM tools like Hibernate don't work on Android (performance, no JDBC... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ormlite-for-android-swc4zfvgo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OrmLite for Android | daily.dev og:description: A 2011 exploration of ORM options for Android development, explaining why standard Java ORM tools like Hibernate don't work on Android (performance, no JDBC... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ormlite-for-android-swc4zfvgo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sWC4ZFvGO.png og:image:alt: OrmLite for Android og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OrmLite for Android **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A 2011 exploration of ORM options for Android development, explaining why standard Java ORM tools like Hibernate don't work on Android (performance, no JDBC driver for native SQLite). The author introduces OrmLite for Android — a lightweight, open-source ORM built on native Android SQLite APIs. Covers basic usage with @DatabaseTable and @DatabaseField annotations, connection management helpers (OrmLiteSqliteOpenHelper, OrmLiteBaseActivity, AndroidSqliteManager), and practical tips like using transactions for batch updates and running DB operations on worker threads. Also acknowledges limitations: no automatic lazy-loading of associated objects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#sqlite](https://daily.dev/tags/sqlite) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ormlite-for-android-swc4zfvgo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OrmLite for Android","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ormlite-for-android-swc4zfvgo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ormlite-for-android-swc4zfvgo"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T07:15:30.003Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T07:37:27.998Z","description":"A 2011 exploration of ORM options for Android development, explaining why standard Java ORM tools like Hibernate don't work on Android (performance, no JDBC...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Touchlab","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Touchlab","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CQ0u6GwB--/f_auto,q_auto/v1785654902/logos/touchlab?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ormlite-for-android-swc4zfvgo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"java,android,sqlite","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Touchlab","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OrmLite for Android"}]} ```