(Android™) Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

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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);

    // 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("myUsername");
    ftp.put_Password("myPassword");
    ftp.put_Port(21);
    ftp.put_AuthTls(true);

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

    // Change to the remote directory where the files are located.
    // This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
    // of the FTP account.
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
    // The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
    int numFilesDownloaded = ftp.MGetFiles("*.txt","c:/temp/qa_output");
    if (numFilesDownloaded < 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(numFilesDownloaded) + " Files Downloaded!");

  }

  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."
  }
}