then tried to open the database from the command line using sqlcipher
SQLCipher version 3.15.2 2016-11-28 19:13:37
Enter ".help" for instructions
Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";"
sqlite> PRAGMA key='apassword';
sqlite> .dump
PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
/**** ERROR: (26) file is encrypted or is not a database *****/
ROLLBACK; -- due to errors
sqlite>
nevermind, i see this will never work as sqlcipher uses SSL's libcrypto library and sqlite-jdbc-crypt is a custom implementation. sorry for the troubles....
created an encrypted database
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then tried to open the database from the command line using sqlcipher