Tracing database workloads of mobile applications under Android/iOS

I want to understand the database workload (reads/writes against local database) of a mobile applications (third party, i.e. not developed by me) running under Android.

My options include:

1. Ask the developer of the application: Doubtful that this approach will work
2. Find scientific paper that has measured the DB workload of typical mobile applications. That would be perfect, but I've not found such a paper :-(
3. Profile a running application using an emulator, profiler, and/or a trace-sensemaking tool (e.g. detect transactions)

I need a solution for option 3, that is a tool for understanding the DB workload of a mobile application actively running under Android (iOS solution would also be ok)

I understand that this is hard. For starters, I can make no assumptions about the actual database that is being written to, although it is very likely to be SQLite.

I understand that the following might be part of the solution:

• Emulator, e.g. http://developer.android.com/tools/help/emulator.html
• Tracing tools
• Trace sense-making tools

So, to summarize: If you wanted to understand the DB workload of Angry Birds running under Android. How would you do this?

Any information is useful, as I'm starting from scratch here :-) Thank you.

You can achieve a solution for the point number 3 with Instruments in iOS (http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/InstrumentsUserGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html).