From this link download the zip file for chapter 7 and you should be able to import into your eclipse ADT. Just to be cautious make sure you are at a higher API level such as 2.3 or so.
if you can't you email me or Dave directly and we will help you out. (Infact I encourage it)
Now coming to why stuff may not compile in ProAndroid2 book:
1. For space saving in many places I haven't included the imports, leaving the eclipse ADT to fill them in. This leaves some discrepancy with package names in the android manifest file that needs to be fixed by hand.
2. With so many chapters and so many examples we have missed to include some XML files. Even with two editors checking things got missed. [Note: It is exteremely hard to present code that can compile right out of the book]. So in book 3 we have provided downloadable zip files so that we may be excused for our follies in the text of the book.
we worked hard to correct this in Pro Android 3
1. We have made a practice to include the list of files where we present examples. This acted as a cross check for us to make sure we dont miss any thing
2. Our technical editor Dylan has put extra emphasis to compile them
3. We have given the zip files on the website for downloads
4. All samples/examples in Pro Android 3 can be found here Pro Android 3 Downloadable Projects
If I can say one final thing, contact us if you can't compile. It is the easiest and the least difficult thing for us to help you on those.
When you write code in your update method for the database, you have to write the alter table scripts, or drop tables, but when you set the version number to a higher number than what was before, the update method will be called. Just remember you have to do all the work yourself writing those ddl statements. Testing it out before putting it out is extremely highly recommended.
Sorry Andrzej, some confusion on our part. Our book is Pro Android 3 and it's being featured this week in this forum. So when Satya saw your post, he thought you were referring to a problem in chapter 7 of our book. But you're talking about Reto Meier's book. You could try reaching him directly through his blog: http://blog.radioactiveyak.com. Hopefully he will help you fix the problems.
In chapter 4 of Pro Android 3, Satya covers how to create a new SQLite DB using DDL within the Android application. The sample code for our chapter 4 can be found from http://www.androidbook.com/projects. But it should be possible to copy files from assets within your APK to the /data/data/<yourpackage>/databases directory to use them from there. Here are a couple of posts on stackoverflow.com that you might find useful:
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