Android™

Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file. 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 requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Important:
    // See this information about Box.com Service Accounts
    // Box.com will automatically generate a Service Account where the name of the account is the name of your App.� 
    // When you make API calls, it is for this service account, and the files that exist and what you see are not the same as your normal account.
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    // See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
    http.put_AuthToken("BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    http.put_FollowRedirects(true);

    // Streaming download directly to a file
    // The file is specified by the file ID.
    // In this case, we're downloading a file with FILE_ID = 283371752129.
    // The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
    success = http.Download("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content","qa_output/tigers.jpeg");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Downloaded tigers.jpeg");

  }

  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."
  }
}