What's the best practice when populating a sqlite database with default data?

I'm making an app that will be using few hundred database posts from a sqlite database. I will not be adding new data during the lifetime of the app (unless I update the whole app).

I might end up using a static xml for the data, but I need to flag posts, so I guess a sqlite db would do the job best. I know how to implement it and I've released apps using sqlite before...

But my question is. How to I best populate the sqlite db the first time the app runs? Should I just bring in a file that I use as a resource and then copy to the apps space? What's the best/easiest practice?