I couldn't find any docs on the best way to do it so I glanced at the source for [`SQLiteOpenHelper`](https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteOpenHelper.java#L195) and found this: `// Darn!  The user closed the database by calling mDatabase.close().` I took that to mean that we shouldn't close the `SQLiteDatabase` and instead let the `SQLiteOpenHelper` take care of it.