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HTTP POST with Binary Data in Request Body

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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();

    CkFileAccess fac = new CkFileAccess();

    CkByteData reqBody = new CkByteData();
    success = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf",reqBody);

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpBinary("POST","https://example.com/something",reqBody,"application/pdf",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int responseStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Status code: " + String.valueOf(responseStatusCode));

    //  For example, if the response is XML, JSON, HTML, etc.
    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."
  }
}