1. Modified executeSelectQuery for executing query with customization.

Author: amitjangid80

app/src/main/java/com/amit/anim/AnimUtil.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * 2018 May 14 - Monday - 03:05 PM
  * This AnimUtil class will help with animation
 **/
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class AnimUtil
 {
     private static final String TAG = AnimUtil.class.getSimpleName();

app/src/main/java/com/amit/db/DBHelper.java

@@ -331,6 +331,50 @@ public boolean executeDatabaseOperations(String tableName,
 
     // region COMMENTS FOR executeQuery method
 
+    /**
+     * 2018 Feb 01 - Thursday - 03:52 PM
+     * Execute Select Query
+     *
+     * parameters for this method are
+     *
+     * @param query - query that you want to execute
+     *
+     * @return cursor with records from the table
+    **/
+
+    // endregion COMMENTS FOR executeQuery method
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    public Cursor executeSelectQuery(String query)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // query execution
+            Cursor cursor = db.getWritableDatabase().rawQuery(query, null);
+
+            // if cursor is not null then moving the position to first
+            // and returning the cursor
+            if (cursor != null)
+            {
+                cursor.moveToFirst();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Log.e(TAG, "executeSelectQuery: cursor was null. No data found.");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return cursor;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            Log.e(TAG, "executeSelectQuery: in database helper class:\n");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // region COMMENTS FOR executeQuery method
+
     /**
      * 2018 Feb 01 - Thursday - 03:52 PM
      * Execute Select Query