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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_KeepResponseBody(true);

    // Download a .zip
    String localFilePath = "/temp/hamlet.zip";
    success = http.Download("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.zip",localFilePath);
    int statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    if (success == false) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
            }
        else {
            // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            Log.i(TAG, "Response status code: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));
            // Examine the response body.
            Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastResponseBody());
            }

        Log.i(TAG, "Download failed.");

        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Download success, response status = " + String.valueOf(statusCode));
        }

    // Download an XML file:
    localFilePath = "/temp/hamlet.xml";
    success = http.Download("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml",localFilePath);
    // ...
    // Check for errors in the same way as shown above..
    // ...

    Log.i(TAG, "OK!");

  }

  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."
  }
}