(Android™) Create a New GMail Label

Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label.

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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.

    boolean success;

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_AuthToken("GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    String userId = "me";
    http.SetUrlVar("userId",userId);

    // Create the JSON to be sent in the HTTP request body.
    // The name of the new label is "questions".
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("name","questions");
    json.UpdateString("labelListVisibility","labelShow");
    json.UpdateString("messageListVisibility","show");

    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // The JSON contains this:
    // {
    //   "name": "questions",
    //   "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
    //   "messageListVisibility": "show"
    // }

    String url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels";
    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3(url,"application/json",json);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "status = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    // A 200 response status indicate success.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");

        return;
        }

    // A successful repsonse contains JSON that looks like this:

    // {
    //  "id": "Label_43",
    //  "name": "questions",
    //  "messageListVisibility": "show",
    //  "labelListVisibility": "labelShow"
    // }

    Log.i(TAG, "response body:");
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

    Log.i(TAG, "GMail label created!");

  }

  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."
  }
}