(Android™) Create Google Photos Album

Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads Android™ Java Libraries Android C/C++ Libraries

// 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.

    // Get the previously obtained access token.
    // See Get Google Photos Access Token.

    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    boolean success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jsonToken.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));

    // Create an album named "animals"
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("album.title","animals");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson("https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json.emit());
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Show the response body.
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

    // Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
    Log.i(TAG, "response status code: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    json.Load(resp.bodyStr());

    // Sample response:

    // {
    //   "id": "AKcbugHaQTvUKSi3M2RQxOhxhdEaLc5mfUcqFoIU_kpQaROyUD70BcFt7_mnz5PcwwsjPKeKnLHN",
    //   "title": "animals",
    //   "productUrl": "https://photos.google.com/lr/album/AKcbugHaQTvUKSi3M2RQxOhxhdEaLc5mfUcqFoIU_kpQaROyUD70BcFt7_mnz5PcwwsjPKeKnLHN",
    //   "isWriteable": true
    // }

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    String id;
    String title;
    String productUrl;
    boolean isWriteable;

    id = json.stringOf("id");
    title = json.stringOf("title");
    productUrl = json.stringOf("productUrl");
    isWriteable = json.BoolOf("isWriteable");

    Log.i(TAG, "id = " + id);

  }

  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."
  }
}