MvvmCross.Platform.Exceptions.MvxException :: Xamarin.Social.Accounts (Permission Denied) - SQLCipher

Question

I have run into an error around the use of SqlCipher with MvvmCross on an Android application.

The issue I am currently facing seems to be permissions regarding the creation of a database locally on the simulated device I am running. After having spent a large amount of time searching the topic I don't seem to be able to find the solution. I will list below the things that I have tried, and then give further details to the error:

Adding of various permissions on the Manifest.xml file to allow SqlCipher to write to the device. (After a certain amount of research, you should only have to do this if writing to an SDCard on the device)
Looked through any possibility of needed permission to access the company's SqlCipher account - that also isn't the issue as we added the necessary dll into the project.
All references to necessary files + packages seem to be there and up to date with the current context.

I have narrowed down where the problem starts in the project. Essentially, I am writing an android application and slowly bringing in the business logic that we already have set-up, to get it up and going. Our iOS application uses the same libraries and database structure I am trying to use for Android, yet I don't get this error on the iOS side.

This is the error that I get:

data/user/0/"company file location"/files/Xamarin.Social.Accounts (Permission denied)

This errors pops up when MvvmCross tries to resolve the following code to create the database locally:

namespace HiddenForSecurity.Mobile.Data.Droid { public class DatabaseContextService : IDatabaseContextService { private SQLiteConnection _connection = null; private object _connectionLock = new object();

    public object Connection
    {
        get
        {
            lock (_connectionLock)
            {
                return _connection;
            }
        }
    }

    public DatabaseContextService()
    {
        _connection = new SQLiteConnection(DatabasePath, DatabasePassword);
    }

    public void InitialiseDatabase()
    {
        _connection.CreateTable<MobileUser>();
        _connection.CreateTable<UserRole>();
        _connection.CreateTable<OfflineReport>();
        _connection.CreateTable<OfflineDiary>();
    }

    public void Close()
    {
        _connection.Close();
        _connection.Dispose();
    }

    public string DatabasePath
    {
        get
        {
            return Path.Combine(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal), "patientportal.db");
        }
    }

    private string DatabasePassword
    {
        get
        {
            var context = Mvx.Resolve<IMvxAndroidCurrentTopActivity>().Activity.ApplicationContext;
            Account accounts = AccountStore.Create(context)
                .FindAccountsForService("PatientPortal")
                .FirstOrDefault(x => x.Username == "systemUser");

            if (accounts == null)
            {
                accounts = new Account("systemUser");
                accounts.Properties["db"] = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
                AccountStore.Create(context).Save(accounts, "PatientPortal");
            }

            return accounts.Properties["db"];
        }
    }
}

}

Does anyone have any ideas as to why I'm getting an error regarding Xamarin.Social.Account at all ?

Many thanks in advance - Please ask for any necessary information.

Liam

MvvmCross.Platform.Exceptions.MvxException :: Xamarin.Social.Accounts (Permission Denied) - SQLCipher

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