Android™

GMail SMTP port 587 with "less secure" Password Authentication

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Send email using GMail's SMTP server on port 587 (SSL via STARTTLS). 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 assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    // Use the GMail SMTP server
    // This example assumes your GMail account allows for "less secure apps" to use 
    // SMTP username/password authentication.
    // For OAuth2 authentication, see GMail SMTP with OAuth2 Authentication
    mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.gmail.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpPort(587);
    mailman.put_StartTLS(true);

    // Set the SMTP login/password.
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername("chilkat.support");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword");

    // Create a new email object
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    email.put_Subject("This is a test");
    email.put_Body("This is a test");
    email.put_From("Chilkat Support <chilkat.support@gmail.com>");
    email.AddTo("Chilkat","support@chilkatsoft.com");

    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Email sent.");

  }

  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."
  }
}