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pilgr / Paper

Paper is a fast NoSQL-like storage for Java/Kotlin objects on Android with automatic schema migration support.
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Browser to view data #144

Closed aznj closed 5 years ago

aznj commented 5 years ago

How can I view data that was saved? Is there any application that able to do this?

pilgr commented 5 years ago

@aznj No, you can't. This is not available by design. Paper has been designed from the ground up as a scheme-less data storage meaning you and only you (who saved the data) can read them back properly. Paper serialize classes data into binary and requires the exact same classes to read data back. This helps Paper to be very fast and support seamless migration to the updated class structures. But as a downside – no data browser.

To look at the data (if you can read them programmatically) I'd sugggest to save it to JSON file once read is done. This is not a part of Paper and should be implemented on the client side if needed.