Content Provider recursive loop error

DatabaseHelper.java

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private void insertVal(String val, int id) {
    ContentValues r = new ContentValues();
    r.put(COL_ID, Integer.valueOf(id));
    r.put(KeyValContract.Columns.VAL, val);
    getWriteableDatabase().insert(TAB_VALS, null, r);
}

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/*
    Do not call getReadableDatabase or getWriteableDatabase 
    from an implementation of the onCreate method!
*/

@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
    db.execSQL(“CREATE TABLE “ + TAB_VALS + “(“
        + COL_ID + “ integer PRIMARY KEY,”
        + KeyValContract.Columns.VAL + “ text)”);
    // DON’T DO THIS!!! 
    insertVal(“bar”, 1);
    // ...
}

/*
    This won’t work. The call to getWriteableDatabase in insertVal 
    will cause a recursive loop.


    ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15955799/getdatabase-called-recursively
*/