Android™

Calculate MD5 Hash of File (or SHA1, SHA256, and other hash algorithms)

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Demonstrates how to calculate a hash for a file's contents. 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);

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

    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();

    // Set the name of the hash algorithm.
    // Other choices include "sha1", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "md2", "md5", and "haval". 
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("md5");

    // EncodingMode specifies the encoding of the hash output.
    // It may be "hex", "url", "base64", or "quoted-printable".
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex");

    // Files of any type may be hashed -- it doesn't matter
    // if the file is binary or text...
    String hashStr;
    hashStr = crypt.hashFileENC("/temp/something.dat");
    if (crypt.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, crypt.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, hashStr);

  }

  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."
  }
}