(Android™) Convert HTML to Plain Text

Demonstrates how to convert HTML to plain text.

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.

    CkHtmlToText h2t = new CkHtmlToText();

    String html = h2t.readFileToString("c:/temp/test.html","utf-8");
    if (h2t.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, h2t.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String plainText = h2t.toText(html);
    if (h2t.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, h2t.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, plainText);

  }

  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."
  }
}