(Android™) Generate ULID

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Generate a ULID using a specified timestamp or the current system date timestamp.

Important: Chilkat's ULID functionality was introduced in v9.5.0.94.

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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);

    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();

    // Set dt to the current system date/time.
    dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();

    // Generate a ULID for the current UTC date/time.
    // (i.e. the current UTC UNIX-time)
    boolean utc = true;
    String ulid = dt.ulidGenerate(utc);
    Log.i(TAG, ulid);

    // example result: 01GRGCH4J88RECEN4D4VK4F629

    // Generate a ULID using the local timezone's current time.
    utc = false;
    ulid = dt.ulidGenerate(utc);
    Log.i(TAG, ulid);

    // example result: 01GRH14AA82EY9A7S99YYF2QDY

    // -----------------------------------------------
    // To generate a ULID using a specific UNIX timestamp

    // For example, the Unix timestamp for Sun, 05 Feb 2023 14:57:46 GMT
    // is 1675609066

    // For more information about the Epoch Unix Timestamp, see Epoch Unix Timestamp

    // To generate a ULID from a specified date/time, set the CkDateTime and then generate the ULID.
    CkDateTime dt2 = new CkDateTime();
    utc = true;
    dt2.SetFromUnixTime(utc,1675609066);
    ulid = dt2.ulidGenerate(utc);
    Log.i(TAG, ulid);

    // example result: 01GRH1AJGG3P5K04DJHN3QJCX3

  }

  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."
  }
}