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Apps Data efficiency, why no pre-populated db in apk?

Hey Guys,
Just wanted to ask the community here if they know why android doesn't normally recommend packaging a pre-populated db with the app. Almost all the examples i have seen are around creating DB on app load which is counter intuitive. The dictionary example has everything in a text file and then creates a db at runtime.

Is there a reason for this? Are their any performance implications of bundling a pre-populated DB? How can we achieve this?
 
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