Strategy for loading SQLite DB's into Android App

I have a SQLite DB with 20,000 records. I cannot load the DB in the Emulator and it Force Closes on some installed devices. I can load the full DB on my Test Device (HTC Inspire).

I have cut down the records to apprx 5,000 records and distribute the app and it installs and runs on the Emulator, other devices and my HTC with no problems. But I have sacrificed considerable content.

I am looking for a "strategy" that will optimize the number of records that can be installed on different devices.

How would you create开发者_StackOverflow and distribute an Android App with a pre-existing database to achieve the greatest number of installed records?

Is there some magic way to know what the capacity of the device is that will help my situation?

TIA

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One can load db effiecently of records up to 40,000.Try to load database at the beginning and only once in a public static array and access throughout your app.