Do I need to create a new SQLite database every time an application is updated? : <p>I have a Xamarin Forms application I would like to develop.  It will have a SQLite database and I wish to make this available on iOS and Android. The database will be populated with data from a SQL Server database on the cloud with initial seed data. I'm thinking this will be about 500 rows of data with each row about 1Kb.</p>

<p>What I don't understand is when and how to populate this. Should I try to put the data into a CSV file and have this populate the database when the application is installed, or when it first starts? What's the normal way to populate seed data other than lines inside of the code with a huge number of insert statements. </p>

<p>Any help or advice on how this is normally done (I'm thinking most people do it the same way) would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>
