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Download a Binary File into Memory

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Downloads a binary file into memory.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads

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;

    //  Azure File Service Example: Download a Binary File to Memory
    //  See:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-file

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

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    //  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    //  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
    CkAuthAzureStorage azAuth = new CkAuthAzureStorage();
    azAuth.put_AccessKey("AZURE_ACCESS_KEY");
    //  The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    azAuth.put_Account("chilkat");
    azAuth.put_Scheme("SharedKey");
    azAuth.put_Service("File");
    //  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.put_XMsVersion("2021-08-06");
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

    //  Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
    //  headers: x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
    //  are automatically set by Chilkat.

    //  Send a GET request to download the file "penguins.jpg" to a BinData object.
    //  (The share name is "pip")
    CkBinData bdFileContents = new CkBinData();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET","/pip/wildlife/antarctic/penguins.jpg",bdFileContents);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  When successful, the response status will be 200.
    //  If a non-success status code is returned, then the bdFileContents actually contains the XML error message.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        CkStringBuilder sbXmlErr = new CkStringBuilder();
        sbXmlErr.AppendBd(bdFileContents,"utf-8",0,0);
        Log.i(TAG, "response body (if any): " + sbXmlErr.getAsString());
        Log.i(TAG, "---");
        Log.i(TAG, "LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine());
        Log.i(TAG, "LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Size of the downloaded file = " + String.valueOf(bdFileContents.get_NumBytes()));

    //  See the online reference documentation for the BinData class for ways
    //  to access the bytes.

    bdFileContents.WriteFile("qa_output/penguins.jpg");

  }

  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."
  }
}