Cannot create TEMP table in Android sqlite
Typically you shouldn't be using rawQuery for creating tables and doing inserts - try using SQLiteDatabase#execSQL.
This example works at least:
SQLiteOpenHelper dummy = new SQLiteOpenHelper(this, "mobileAppBeginner.db", null, 1) { @Override public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {} @Override public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {} }; SQLiteDatabase db = dummy.getWritableDatabase(); db.execSQL("CREATE TEMP TABLE messages (read_status INTEGER, direction INTEGER, target TEXT)"); db.execSQL("CREATE TEMP TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tt1 (unread_message int, target varchar)"); db.execSQL("INSERT INTO tt1 SELECT count(*), target FROM messages where read_status=0 and direction=1 GROUP BY target");