How do i order my SQLITE database in descending order, for an android app?

Question

What is the most efficient method of showing my data in descending order?

public String getRank() {

    String[] rank = new String[]{ KEY_ROWID };
    Cursor c = scoreDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, rank, null, null, null, null, null);   //reading information from db.
    String rankResult = "";

    int iRow = c.getColumnIndex(KEY_ROWID); //Cursor looking for column setting equal to these ints.


    for (c.moveToFirst(); !c.isAfterLast(); c.moveToNext()) { 
        //Move to first row - where cursor starts and moves to next row as long it is not after last row.
        rankResult = rankResult + c.getString(iRow) + "\n"; 
        //Returning value of row that it is currently on.
    }
    return rankResult;  //returning result
}

public String getName() {

    String[] name = new String[]{ KEY_NAME };
    Cursor c = scoreDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, name, null, null, null, null, null);   //reading information from db.
    String nameResult = "";

    int iRow1 = c.getColumnIndex(KEY_NAME); //Cursor looking for column setting equal to these ints.


    for (c.moveToFirst(); !c.isAfterLast(); c.moveToNext()) { 
        //Move to first row - where cursor starts and moves to next row as long it is not after last row.
        nameResult = nameResult + c.getString(iRow1) + "\n"; 
        //Returning value of row that it is currently on.
    }
    return nameResult;  //returning result
}

public String getScore() {

    String[] score = new String[]{ KEY_SCORE };
    Cursor c = scoreDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, score, null, null, null,null, null);   //reading information from db.
    String scoreResult = "";

    int iRow2 = c.getColumnIndex(KEY_SCORE); //Cursor looking for column setting equal to these ints.


    for (c.moveToFirst(); !c.isAfterLast(); c.moveToNext()) { 
        //Move to first row - where cursor starts and moves to next row as long it is not after last row.
        scoreResult = scoreResult + c.getString(iRow2) + "\n"; 
        //Returning value of row that it is currently on.
    }
    return scoreResult; //returning result
}

Answer 1

Query has two syntax, the syntax you are using, last column represents orderBy, you just need to specify on what column you want to do orderBy +"ASC" (or) orderBy +"DESC"

Cursor c = scoreDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE, rank, null, null, null, null, yourColumn+" DESC"); 

Refer this documentation to understand more about query() method.