# Room Debug DAOs in Android: Streamlining Your Workflow

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Author: blundell

Published: 2025-02-22T20:53:27Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blundell](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blundell.md>)

Topics: [LineageOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lineageos.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [Code generation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-generation.md>)

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## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to create debug-only Room DAOs in Android using separate debug and release source sets. The approach adds developer-focused database operations, such as deleting all cached items, to debug builds while keeping them unavailable in production builds.

## Source excerpt

This blog post explains how to create Room DAOs specifically for your Android debug build. These debug-only DAOs enable you to implement developer-centric features without affecting your production app. Keeping your codebase clean is essential for long-term maintainability. Debug-only DAOs help achieve this by isolating developer tools from user-facing features. Consider an app that caches [...] The post Room Debug DAOs in Android: Streamlining Your Workflow first appeared on Blundell.