(Android™) Load Base64-encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer)

Loads a digital certificate from a base64 encoded DER X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt) and fetches information about the cert.

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// 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);

    CkCert cert = new CkCert();

    boolean success;

    //  LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
    //  It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
    //  A base64-encoded DER X.509 certificate file
    //  contains the binary DER in base64 encoded form.
    //  Therefore, it is a text file that will begin like this:
    //  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    //  MIIFbjCCBFagAwIBAgIGdDPNv/L0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIHKMQswCQYDVQQG
    //  EwJVUzEQMA4GA1UECBMHQXJpem9uYTETMBEGA1UEBxMKU2NvdHRzZGFsZTEaMBgG
    //  ...

    success = cert.LoadFromFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/cer/chilkat_base64.cer");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  DN = "Distinguished Name"
    Log.i(TAG, "SubjectDN:" + cert.subjectDN());

    Log.i(TAG, "Common Name:" + cert.subjectCN());
    Log.i(TAG, "Issuer Common Name:" + cert.issuerCN());

    Log.i(TAG, "Serial Number:" + cert.serialNumber());

  }

  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."
  }
}