Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 import android.database.Cursor; import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase; public class Main { public static long selectTopTableId(SQLiteDatabase mDB, String tableName, String tableIdColumn) { long topTaskId = 1; Cursor cursor = mDB.query(tableName, new String[] { tableIdColumn }, null, null, null, null, tableIdColumn + " DESC LIMIT 1"); assert null != cursor; try { if (cursor.moveToFirst()) { topTaskId = cursor.getLong(0); } } finally { cursor.close(); } return topTaskId; } }