SQLCipher can't open database after apprestart

you might need the table ANDROID_METADATA with (key,value)=('locale',YOUR LOCALE)

It look like you are opening the database again when your app restart.I had the same error but I solve it by creating a helper class which cache the previously opened database and only open it if it is really needed like below.

public class Helper {    private static net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase database;    public static net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase openDatabase(Context context, String databaseName, String password) {        if (database == null) {            database = net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase .openOrCreateDatabase(context.getDatabasePath(context.getResources().getString(database)), password, null);         }        return database;    }}

So when your app restart try to called openDatabase() method again.

This line looks weird to me:

databaseFile.mkdir();

mkdir() creates a folder, hence you are passing a folder instead of a file to openOrCreateDatabase().

Also I think you shouldn't call openOrCreateDatabase() in the SQLiteOpenHelper's constructor. It takes care of creating the database file automatically. Then you can get the SQLiteDatabase object by calling for example SQLiteOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase(password).