Android™

Google Contacts - Adding/Updating a photo for a contact

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Demonstrates how to upload a photo for a Google Contact. 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.

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Note: The code for setting up the Chilkat REST object and making the initial connection can be done once.
    // Once connected, the REST object may be re-used for many REST API calls.
    // (It's a good idea to put the connection setup code in a separate function/subroutine.)
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
    // This example loads the JSON access token file 
    // saved by this example: Get Google Contacts OAuth2 Access Token

    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to load googleContacts.json");
        return;
        }

    CkAuthGoogle gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
    gAuth.put_AccessToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect using TLS.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("www.google.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth);

    // ----------------------------------------------
    // OK, the REST connection setup is completed..
    // ----------------------------------------------

    // To upload a photo for the contact, send the following:

    // 	PUT /m8/feeds/photos/media/default/contactId
    // 	If-match: Etag
    // 	Content-Type: image/*
    // 	...
    // 	[Photo data bytes]

    rest.AddHeader("GData-Version","3.0");
    rest.AddHeader("If-Match","*");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/*");

    CkStringBuilder sbPath = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbPath.Append("/m8/feeds/photos/media/default/{contactId}");
    // Upload a photo for the contact having contactId = "1ea2e4fe0ef24e09"
    int numReplacements = sbPath.Replace("{contactId}","1ea2e4fe0ef24e09");

    // Let's get our photo data..
    CkBinData pngData = new CkBinData();
    success = pngData.LoadFile("qa_data/png/dude.png");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestBd("PUT",sbPath.getAsString(),pngData,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "response body: " + sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    // If the 200 success response was received.
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, sbResponseBody.getAsString());
    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

  }

  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."
  }
}