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The blob (the image). There's more than one way to create a hash, and there are different algorithms that generate different hashes. MS recommends using SHA256, but the idea is the same. See MD5 Class (System.Security.Cryptography) | Microsoft Docs[^]
Once you can do that, you can save the hash with the image. If you want to check whether the image is already in the database, you hash your image and query the database to see if it is already there.
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Im not using a blob any more, i follow your suggestion and now i use this:
[Table("Templates")]
public class Template
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
[OneToMany]
public List<TemplateImage> TemplateImages { get; set; }
public int ImagesHash { get; set; }
}
[Table("TemplateImages")]
public class TemplateImage
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public int Image { get; set; }
[ForeignKey(typeof(Template))]
public int TemplateId { get; set; }
}
So the question is, how i can md5 List<templateimage>? (or another consistent hash)
Quote: You could combine those five queries into one. Something like "SELECT Id FROM TemplateImages WHERE ImageHash IN (@value1, @value2, @value3, @value4, @value5". If the values already exist in the table, such a query would give you their Id's.
why every image to have a hash? what hash will they have? i dont understand,
this is how i can check if one image of the new template im trying to pass, exist on a template from the DB
var result = DatabaseHelper.db().Query<TemplateImage>("Select * from TemplateImages where Image=?", images[0]);
If i can find a single query that can do that for all the images, i think im good
modified 9-Mar-20 6:03am.
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Exoskeletor wrote: So the question is, how i can md5 List<templateimage>? (or another consistent hash)
Not the list, but the items in it; for each image, you want something that represents it so you can compare the item to other items. If you were to load each image and compare them pixel by pixel, the proces would be slow. Getting a fingerprint for each image, you could compare those - they're a lot shorter. If each image has a fingerprint stored, than you can check if the same image is there by checking if its fingerprint is there.
Exoskeletor wrote: If i can find a single query that can do that for all the images, i think im good
I gave an example of that in the previous post. You'd need a query that checks for at least five values, no?
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you gave an example with a imagehash. what is the imagehash in your example? how i can get a hash from the List<templateimage> or from the images?
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An example is Calculate MD5 Checksum for a File using C#[^]; that's assuming your image is a file - and it will return a string with the hashed value. Write a small project to hash a single image that is a file and that shows the result, then you can work from there. The resulting string will change whenever the content of the image changes.
In your project, you'd have to compute the hash when you store the image in the database. Get to know the concept first, before trying to add it to an existing project 
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my images are xml files that exist within android app, with simple string code inside, but how i can use that to my case? if i hash every image then i will have 5 hashes, how i can store 5 hashes and check them when im inserting a new template with one query?
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I think you are right, i have to md5 the file, and not the resource id which is generated on code compilation, thanks for that. i don't know how i can hash all of them and store them together as a single hash but for now only i will check only one image if already exist
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Exoskeletor wrote: how i can store 5 hashes
The same way you store the images. Add a string-column next to the blob itself. Calculate the hash from the blob, and write them at the same time.
Exoskeletor wrote: and check them when im inserting a new template with one query?
You don't check during the insert, but prior. You weren't trying to compare images during the insert before; same applies here. You can check if any of the five hashes exists in the database with a single query though; but one problem at a time - it would work with five queries too, and you can rewrite to use a single query later on.
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which blob? i don't use blobs any more, you mean to create a blod in order to hash it? can you give me a table structure cause im getting confused, this is my structure now
[Table("Templates")]
public class Template
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
[OneToMany, Indexed(Name = "TemplateImagesUnique", Unique = true)]
public List<TemplateImage> TemplateImages { get; set; }
public string ImagesHash { get; set; }
}
[Table("TemplateImages")]
public class TemplateImage
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public int Image { get; set; }
[ForeignKey(typeof(Template))]
public int TemplateId { get; set; }
}
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Exoskeletor wrote: which blob? i don't use blobs any more
With the blob I meant the image you're storing.
[Table("TemplateImages")]
public class TemplateImage
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public stream Image { get; set; }
public string ImageHash { get; set; }
[ForeignKey(typeof(Template))]
public int TemplateId { get; set; }
}
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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oh im storing the images as int cause this int represent the ResourceId of the image, i thought that since the images are stored inside the local app folder that is more efficient to store the
ResourceId rather than the image itself (which is a string, my images are vectors .xml files)
Is this a bad idea?
Im starting thinking that this is a very silly idea  because i guess the Resource id is generated every time i compile a new version of my app, so im trying to create a unique hash of something that is not unique
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What if i do this:
1) Get the xml content as string
2) convert them with +s from all the images to one string,
3) md5hash this string?
It sounds like an overkill although, i think i have to read the images as files, and in order to do that i have to open a stream, this sounds very heavy to me, cause i also have to move the images to assets, android can't read images from drawable folder.
I think im coming to a dead end and the only solution is to delete and recreate the database every time the app is opened, or every time i made a new update of the app, im not sure
modified 9-Mar-20 8:06am.
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Exoskeletor wrote: 2) convert them with +s from all the images to one string,
Not "all" the images; you need a separate fingerprint for each image.
Exoskeletor wrote: i think i have to read the images as files, and in order to do that i have to open a stream, this sounds very heavy to me
You'd have to read the images anyway to use them; opening them as a stream is not heavy, but the most used way to handle binary data. Since it is XML-data and not binary, you may get away with simply reading that string without needing a stream.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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but if i have a seperate hash for every image where im going to store it? in the templateimage table? one hash for each image?
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Exoskeletor wrote: one hash for each image?
Yes; since each hash represents the content in the image, in another form. If you have that for each image, then looking if you already have it is as easy as getting the hash from the new image (the one you want to compare to the ones already there), and see if it is in there.
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yes but what if i don't mind if the same image exist but not in the same order? thats why im thinking of converting all bytes into one. A template might have some images that other template have (in the future).
Since i am generating bitmaps for every image maybe is not so expensive to generate one more md5 from a bitmap that will do that
public static byte[] ConcatByteArrays(params byte[][] arrays)
{
return arrays.SelectMany(x => x).ToArray();
}
and then have a hash for every template AND a hash for every image
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static class DatabaseHelper
{
public static string GetMD5Hash(string content)
{
using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
{
byte[] computedHash = md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(content));
return new System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata.W3cXsd2001.SoapHexBinary(computedHash).ToString();
}
}
public static string GetMD5Hash(byte[] content)
{
using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
{
byte[] computedHash = md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(BitConverter.ToString(content).Replace("-", "")));
return new System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata.W3cXsd2001.SoapHexBinary(computedHash).ToString();
}
}
public static string DrawableToMD5(int drawableId)
{
var templateDB = new TemplateDB();
return GetMD5Hash(templateDB.DrawableToByteArray(drawableId));
}
private static SQLiteConnection instance;
public static SQLiteConnection db()
{
if (instance == null)
instance = new SQLiteConnection(System.IO.Path.Combine(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal), "TemplatesData.db"));
return instance;
}
public static void CloseConnection()
{
if (instance != null)
{
instance.Close();
instance.Dispose();
instance = null;
}
}
}
public class TemplateDB
{
public enum TemplateCategories
{
Emojis,
Stars,
Hearts,
Characters,
Emotions,
}
public static byte[] ConcatByteArrays(params byte[][] arrays)
{
return arrays.SelectMany(x => x).ToArray();
}
public static byte[] ConcatByteList(List<byte[]> list)
{
return list
.SelectMany(a => a)
.ToArray();
}
public static Bitmap GetBitmapFromVectorDrawable(Context context, int drawableId)
{
Drawable drawable = ContextCompat.GetDrawable(context, drawableId);
if (Build.VERSION.SdkInt < Android.OS.BuildVersionCodes.Lollipop)
{
drawable = (DrawableCompat.Wrap(drawable)).Mutate();
}
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.CreateBitmap(drawable.IntrinsicWidth,
drawable.IntrinsicWidth, Bitmap.Config.Argb8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
drawable.SetBounds(0, 0, canvas.Width, canvas.Height);
drawable.Draw(canvas);
return bitmap;
}
public byte[] DrawableToByteArray(int resourceId)
{
var context = AppState.ApplicationState;
using (var bitmap = GetBitmapFromVectorDrawable(context, resourceId))
{
int size = bitmap.ByteCount;
byte[] byteArray = new byte[size];
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.Allocate(size);
bitmap.CopyPixelsToBuffer(byteBuffer);
byteBuffer.Rewind();
byteBuffer.Get(byteArray);
return byteArray;
}
}
public static void AddTemplate(int category, List<int> images)
{
var templateDB = new TemplateDB();
var imageByteList = new List<byte[]>();
foreach (int image in images)
{
imageByteList.Add(templateDB.DrawableToByteArray(image));
}
var tmpl = new Template()
{
Category = category,
};
var img1 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[0],
ImagesHash = DatabaseHelper.GetMD5Hash(imageByteList[0]),
};
var img2 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[1],
ImagesHash = DatabaseHelper.GetMD5Hash(imageByteList[1]),
};
var img3 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[2],
ImagesHash = DatabaseHelper.GetMD5Hash(imageByteList[2]),
};
var img4 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[3],
ImagesHash = DatabaseHelper.GetMD5Hash(imageByteList[3]),
};
var img5 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[4],
ImagesHash = DatabaseHelper.GetMD5Hash(imageByteList[4]),
};
tmpl.TemplateImages = new List<TemplateImage>() { img1, img2, img3, img4, img5 };
tmpl.ImagesHash = DatabaseHelper.GetMD5Hash(ConcatByteList(imageByteList));
var result = DatabaseHelper.db().Query<TemplateImage>("Select * from Templates where ImagesHash=?", tmpl.ImagesHash);
if (result.Count == 0)
{
DatabaseHelper.db().InsertAll(tmpl.TemplateImages);
DatabaseHelper.db().Insert(tmpl);
DatabaseHelper.db().UpdateWithChildren(tmpl);
}
}
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What if i just give my own unique hash in every template manually? i cant think of another solution, either way im creating a list of templates before inserting them to db, why not just give them my own hash?
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Exoskeletor wrote: What if i just give my own unique hash in every template manually? i cant think of another solution, either way im creating a list of templates before inserting them to db, why not just give them my own hash?
You already assign them an id; if you want to compare if two complex objects are the same, you usually do that by comparing their hash values.
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Are you trying to compare bitmaps, or simply looking for a way to do an insert-query while checking if there's already such a record?
In pseudo, comparing bitmaps would be similar to below;
Bitmap bitmap1 = (get bitmap from somewhere)
string hashedImage = MakeMD5(bitmap1);
Bitmap compareTo = (get bitmap you want to compare to)
string compareToHash = MakeMD5(compareTo);
bool imagesAreEqual = (hashedImage == compareToHash); That's not helping though if you are trying an insert that does an update when the record is already there.
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I just want to insert a template in the database only if does not exist. By not exist i mean the List of images to not exist in another template.
The only solution i can think of is a predefined hash value
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Exoskeletor wrote: I just want to insert a template in the database only if does not exist.
You don't need a hash for that, sorry for pointing you in the wrong direction 
Instead of an insert-command you usually use, you can use the "INSERT OR REPLACE" command; see SQLite REPLACE: Insert or Replace The Existing Row[^]
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but how can sqlite know to replace a record? both my tables have a primary unique key
[Table("Templates")]
public class Template
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
[OneToMany, Unique]
public List<TemplateImage> TemplateImages { get; set; }
public string ImagesHash { get; set; }
}
[Table("TemplateImages")]
public class TemplateImage
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public string ImagesHash { get; set; }
public int Image { get; set; }
[ForeignKey(typeof(Template))]
public int TemplateId { get; set; }
}
doesnt that make them unique.
Also, this is replacing items according to the primary key it says? so if i have a template with id 5, and i delete it one day, the template that belong to id 6 wll go to the position of id 5? and so on?
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also i tried in this code
public static void AddTemplate(int category, List<int> images)
{
var templateDB = new TemplateDB();
var imageByteList = new List<byte[]>();
foreach (int image in images)
{
}
var tmpl = new Template()
{
Category = category,
};
var img1 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[0],
};
var img2 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[1],
};
var img3 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[2],
};
var img4 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[3],
};
var img5 = new TemplateImage()
{
Category = category,
Image = images[4],
};
tmpl.TemplateImages = new List<TemplateImage>() { img1, img2, img3, img4, img5 };
var result = DatabaseHelper.db().Query<TemplateImage>("Select * from Templates where ImagesHash=?", tmpl.ImagesHash);
if (result.Count == 0)
{
DatabaseHelper.db().InsertAll(tmpl.TemplateImages);
DatabaseHelper.db().Insert(tmpl);
DatabaseHelper.db().UpdateWithChildren(tmpl);
}
to replace insert with insertorupdate and my template database was empty. id was always 0 in every attemp to insert something to db, do you know why? here is the database structure
[Table("Templates")]
public class Template
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
[OneToMany, Unique]
public List<TemplateImage> TemplateImages { get; set; }
public string ImagesHash { get; set; }
}
[Table("TemplateImages")]
public class TemplateImage
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public string ImagesHash { get; set; }
public int Image { get; set; }
[ForeignKey(typeof(Template))]
public int TemplateId { get; set; }
}
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