Android™

Async Methods Returning an Object

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Demonstrates how to call an asynchronous method that returns an object. This example reads email from a POP3 server using the Async versions of the Chilkat methods. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    success = false;

    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    // Set the POP3 server's hostname
    mailman.put_MailHost("pop.example.com");

    // Set the POP3 login/password and any other requirements..
    mailman.put_PopUsername("myLogin");
    mailman.put_PopPassword("myPassword");
    mailman.put_PopSsl(true);
    mailman.put_MailPort(995);

    // Connect to the POP3 server:
    CkTask task = mailman.Pop3BeginSessionAsync();
    if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Start the background task.
    success = task.Run();
    if (!success) {
        Log.i(TAG, task.lastErrorText());

        return;
        }

    // Wait for the POP3 connect task to finish.
    // The true/false returned by Wait applies to the Wait method call, not the task.
    int maxWaitMs = 30000;
    success = task.Wait(maxWaitMs);
    if (!success or (task.get_StatusInt() != 7) or (task.get_TaskSuccess() != true)) {
        if (!success) {
            // The task.LastErrorText applies to the Wait method call.
            Log.i(TAG, task.lastErrorText());
            }
        else {
            // The ResultErrorText applies to the underlying task method call (i.e. the Pop3BeginSession)
            Log.i(TAG, task.status());
            Log.i(TAG, task.resultErrorText());
            }

        return;
        }

    // Get the number of messages in the mailbox.
    task = mailman.GetMailboxCountAsync();

    // To keep the example short, we'll skip handling failures.
    // The failures would be handled in the same way as shown above.

    success = task.Run();
    success = task.Wait(maxWaitMs);
    int numMessages = task.GetResultInt();

    if (numMessages == 0) {
        return;
        }

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    int i;
    for (i = 1; i <= numMessages; i++) {

        task = mailman.FetchByMsgnumAsync(i);
        if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
            Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        success = task.Run();
        success = task.Wait(maxWaitMs);
        if (!success or (task.get_StatusInt() != 7) or (task.get_TaskSuccess() != true)) {
            if (!success) {
                // The task.LastErrorText applies to the Wait method call.
                Log.i(TAG, task.lastErrorText());
                }
            else {
                // The ResultErrorText applies to the underlying task method call (i.e. the FetchByMsgnum)
                Log.i(TAG, task.status());
                Log.i(TAG, task.resultErrorText());
                }

            return;
            }

        // Each Chilkat object that can be a return value of an asynchronous task will
        // have a method named LoadTaskResult.  The object returned in the underlying
        // asynchronous method call is retrieved by calling LoadTaskResult. 

        // To say it another way: The application will provide a pre-existing object of
        // the desired return type (in this case it is an email object).  This object is
        // loaded by calling LoadTaskResult.  

        success = email.LoadTaskResult(task);

        if (!success) {
            Log.i(TAG, email.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }
        else {
            Log.i(TAG, email.ck_from() + ": " + email.subject() + "\n");
            }

        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}