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Android™

Change Current Directory

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To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username("login");
    ftp.put_Password("password");

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Set the current directory (on the FTP server) to the
    // "orders" subdirectory.  When logging into an FTP account,
    // current remote directory is automatically set to the
    // home directory of the FTP account.  From the FTP client's
    // perspective, it will be "/", but the absolute path on the
    // FTP server might be something like "/home/ftp_users/".
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("orders");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();

  }

  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."
  }
}