(Android™) QuickGetObj Example

The QuickGetObj method is called to send a GET request and receive the response as an HttpResponse object.

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Send a GET request to download a PDF into an HTTP response object.
    CkHttpResponse resp = http.QuickGetObj("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        // This will happen if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get the response status
    int statusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response status: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

    // In this example, we want a 200 status code.
    if (statusCode == 200) {
        // Save the response body 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.
        boolean success = resp.SaveBodyBinary("qa_output/hello.pdf");
        if (success == false) {
            Log.i(TAG, "Failed to write output file.");
            }
        else {
            Log.i(TAG, "Wrote hello.pdf");
            }

        }
    else {
        // Perhaps we have response body with an error message..
        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."
  }
}