Distributing database with Android app

I have an Android app which uses an SQLite database of 3MB. If I d开发者_JAVA百科istribute this in the assets folder and then copy it to data, I will end up with 2 copies at a cost of 6MB.

Is there any alternative to this?

You can host the information on a server and then, on the initial startup of the application, grab the necessary data. It probably isn't the solution you are looking for but it will work.