(Android™) Hash the Contents of a String (SHA256 and other hash algorithms)

Demonstrates how to hash the contents of a string using SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, MD2, MD5, HAVAL, RIPEMD, etc.

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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);

    // This example requires the Chilkat Crypt API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Unlock Chilkat Crypt for sample code.

    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();

    // Choose the hash algorithm.
    // Can be  "sha1", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "md2", "md5", "haval", "ripemd128", "ripemd160","ripemd256", or "ripemd320".
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha256");

    // The byte representation of the string matters when hashing. 
    // Tell Chilkat that we want to use the utf-8 byte representation.
    crypt.put_Charset("utf-8");

    CkByteData hashBytes = new CkByteData();
    success = crypt.HashString("They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.",hashBytes);

    // Let's examine the hash as a hex string.
    CkStringBuilder sb = new CkStringBuilder();
    sb.AppendEncoded(hashBytes,"hex");
    Log.i(TAG, "SHA256 hash = " + sb.getAsString());

  }

  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."
  }
}