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Google Sheets Conditional Formatting - Color Gradient

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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);

    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    //    -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" \
    //    -X POST \
    //    -d '{
    //   "requests": [
    //     {
    //       "addConditionalFormatRule": {
    //         "rule": {
    //           "ranges": [
    //             {
    //               "sheetId": sheetId,
    //               "startRowIndex": 9,
    //               "endRowIndex": 10,
    //             }
    //           ],
    //           "gradientRule": {
    //             "minpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "green": 0.2,
    //                 "red": 0.8
    //               },
    //               "type": "MIN"
    //             },
    //             "maxpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "green": 0.9
    //               },
    //               "type": "MAX"
    //             },
    //           }
    //         },
    //         "index": 0
    //       }
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "addConditionalFormatRule": {
    //         "rule": {
    //           "ranges": [
    //             {
    //               "sheetId": sheetId,
    //               "startRowIndex": 10,
    //               "endRowIndex": 11,
    //             }
    //           ],
    //           "gradientRule": {
    //             "minpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "green": 0.8,
    //                 "red": 0.8
    //               },
    //               "type": "NUMBER",
    //               "value": "0"
    //             },
    //             "maxpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "blue": 0.9,
    //                 "green": 0.5,
    //                 "red": 0.5
    //               },
    //               "type": "NUMBER",
    //               "value": "256"
    //             },
    //           }
    //         },
    //         "index": 1
    //       }
    //     },
    //   ]
    // }' https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}:batchUpdate

    // Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
    // Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

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

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "requests": [
    //     {
    //       "addConditionalFormatRule": {
    //         "rule": {
    //           "ranges": [
    //             {
    //               "sheetId": sheetId,
    //               "startRowIndex": 9,
    //               "endRowIndex": 10
    //             }
    //           ],
    //           "gradientRule": {
    //             "minpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "green": 0.2,
    //                 "red": 0.8
    //               },
    //               "type": "MIN"
    //             },
    //             "maxpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "green": 0.9
    //               },
    //               "type": "MAX"
    //             }
    //           }
    //         },
    //         "index": 0
    //       }
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "addConditionalFormatRule": {
    //         "rule": {
    //           "ranges": [
    //             {
    //               "sheetId": sheetId,
    //               "startRowIndex": 10,
    //               "endRowIndex": 11
    //             }
    //           ],
    //           "gradientRule": {
    //             "minpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "green": 0.8,
    //                 "red": 0.8
    //               },
    //               "type": "NUMBER",
    //               "value": "0"
    //             },
    //             "maxpoint": {
    //               "color": {
    //                 "blue": 0.9,
    //                 "green": 0.5,
    //                 "red": 0.5
    //               },
    //               "type": "NUMBER",
    //               "value": "256"
    //             }
    //           }
    //         },
    //         "index": 1
    //       }
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    String sheetId = "YOUR_SHEET_ID";

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.ranges[0].sheetId",sheetId);
    json.UpdateInt("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.ranges[0].startRowIndex",9);
    json.UpdateInt("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.ranges[0].endRowIndex",10);
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.minpoint.color.green","0.2");
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.minpoint.color.red","0.8");
    json.UpdateString("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.minpoint.type","MIN");
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.maxpoint.color.green","0.9");
    json.UpdateString("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.maxpoint.type","MAX");
    json.UpdateInt("requests[0].addConditionalFormatRule.index",0);
    json.UpdateString("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.ranges[0].sheetId",sheetId);
    json.UpdateInt("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.ranges[0].startRowIndex",10);
    json.UpdateInt("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.ranges[0].endRowIndex",11);
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.minpoint.color.green","0.8");
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.minpoint.color.red","0.8");
    json.UpdateString("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.minpoint.type","NUMBER");
    json.UpdateString("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.minpoint.value","0");
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.maxpoint.color.blue","0.9");
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.maxpoint.color.green","0.5");
    json.UpdateNumber("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.maxpoint.color.red","0.5");
    json.UpdateString("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.maxpoint.type","NUMBER");
    json.UpdateString("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.rule.gradientRule.maxpoint.value","256");
    json.UpdateInt("requests[1].addConditionalFormatRule.index",1);

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("ACCESS_TOKEN");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}:batchUpdate",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Status code: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

  }

  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."
  }
}