How can I find out if a given record exists in the database?

Question

Android

How can I find out if a given record exists in the SQLITE database?
For example, there is a request

SELECT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sharetable WHERE название поле в таблице = " + данные + " LIMIT 1);

which in the absence of this content in the field of the table displays 0 , otherwise 1. How to perform a similar query in Android.
because the command db.execSQL();
returns no results. but I would like to know bypassing the cursor!

Answer 1

but I would like to know bypassing the cursor!

- what are the reasons?
After all, all information from the database (in the case of Android) is returned as a cursor.