When switching from the system's SQLite to SQLCipher, one of the more obvious behavioral changes is exception handling. Apps that work with android.database.SQLException or one of its subclasses have to be changed. The compiler won't complain because those are runtime exceptions.

That's why I wanted to ask if SQLCipher could use the standard exceptions for better compatibility. The standard constructors are public: http://developer.android.com/intl/in/reference/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteException.html