(Android™) QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object.

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();

    // Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
    boolean success = http.QuickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",bd);
    if (success == false) {
        // This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
        // or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
        // 
        // In other words, success will only be true if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
        int statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
        Log.i(TAG, "Response status: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

        if (statusCode == 0) {
            // There was an error in communications.  
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
            }
        else {
            // We received a response status code indicating failure.
            // Examine the response body.
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastResponseBody());
            }

        return;
        }

    // Save the contents of bd to a file.
    // Note: This is only for the sake of this example.
    // It's better to call the Download method to download directly to a file.
    success = bd.WriteFile("qa_output/hello.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to write output file.");
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Wrote hello.pdf");
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}