Android™

Permanently Delete a Specific GMail Message

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Immediately and permanently deletes the specified message. This operation cannot be undone. (This is not the same as moving a message to Trash.) 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.

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

    // The id of the GMail message to delete.
    String id = "1669cc9a926bb8c1";
    String userId = "me";

    http.SetUrlVar("userId","me");
    http.SetUrlVar("id",id);

    // Delete the email.
    String url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}";
    String responseStr = http.quickDeleteStr(url);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "status = " + String.valueOf(http.get_LastStatus()));

    // A 204 response indicate success.
    // It is common for HTTP DELETE operations to respond with a 204 status code with an empty body for success.
    // You'll find many REST APIs follow this custom..
    if (http.get_LastStatus() != 204) {
        Log.i(TAG, responseStr);
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Message deleted!");

  }

  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."
  }
}