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SQLiteBlobTooBigException: Row too big to fit into CursorWindow requiredPos=0, totalRows=1

I am getting below exception only in android 9, after reinstalling everything looks good,

Exception:

android.database.sqlite.SQLiteBlobTooBigException: Row too big to fit into CursorWindow requiredPos=0, totalRows=1...
Code:
Cursor cursor = database.query(......);
    if(cursor == null || cursor.getCount() < 0) { //Here is the error
        Log.d("Error", "count : null");
        return "";
Edited:
java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred while executing doInBackground()
at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:354)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:383)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:252)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:271)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)
Caused by: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteBlobTooBigException: Row too big to fit into CursorWindow requiredPos=0, totalRows=1
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.nativeExecuteForCursorWindow(Native Method)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.executeForCursorWindow(SQLiteConnection.java:859)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteSession.executeForCursorWindow(SQLiteSession.java:836)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.fillWindow(SQLiteQuery.java:62)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.fillWindow(SQLiteCursor.java:149)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.getCount(SQLiteCursor.java:137)
Thanks in advance guys
                Can you edit your question to show the full stack trace, rather than just a single line from the stack trace. Adding the query may also be useful.
– MikeT
                Aug 22, 2018 at 4:43
                this is happening when ever, some one is upgrading to Oreo without uninstalling my app and keep continue using it, then this problem is coming, so at that time i am dropping the table and creating it again
– Bikash Sahani
                Oct 31, 2018 at 9:22
                did you got any solution??? I get this problem only in android 9 pocof1 device? after upgrading to the pie in the first-time install I'm getting this error. after i reinstall its working fine
– Aabauser
                Mar 5, 2019 at 6:11
This worked for me, you have to put it on your Main Activity.
try {
    Field field = CursorWindow.class.getDeclaredField("sCursorWindowSize");
    field.setAccessible(true);
    field.set(null, 100 * 1024 * 1024); //the 100MB is the new size
    } catch (Exception e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
                This absolutely solved the problem, so thank you and +1. Quick follow-up question, does anyone know if this could trigger any cascaded external Runtime exceptions? IE, if a user has <100mb of free space on their device, will this throw an exception? Or work fine as it is in RAM?
– PGMacDesign
                Feb 17, 2022 at 22:15
Try this new constructor method above API 28. Maybe you should set a limited windowSizeBytes for CursorWindow and try-catch the exception.
Related cts code (https://android.googlesource.com/platform/cts/+/master/tests/tests/database/src/android/database/sqlite/cts/SQLiteCursorTest.java) :
    public void testRowTooBig() {
        mDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE Tst (Txt BLOB NOT NULL);");
        byte[] testArr = new byte[10000];
        Arrays.fill(testArr, (byte) 1);
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            mDatabase.execSQL("INSERT INTO Tst VALUES (?)", new Object[]{testArr});
        // Now reduce window size, so that no rows can fit
        Cursor cursor = mDatabase.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM TST", null);
        CursorWindow cw = new CursorWindow("test", 5000);
        AbstractWindowedCursor ac = (AbstractWindowedCursor) cursor;
        ac.setWindow(cw);
        try {
            ac.moveToNext();
            fail("Exception is expected when row exceeds CursorWindow size");
        } catch (SQLiteBlobTooBigException expected) {
Others:
  
Since this article was originally published, we’ve added new APIs in
  the Android P developer preview to improve the behavior above. The
  platform now allows apps to disable the ⅓ of a window heuristic and
  configure CursorWindow size.
Ref Link:
https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/large-database-queries-on-android-cb043ae626e8
        
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