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Android™

Copy an Email from One Mailbox to Another

Copies an email from one IMAP folder to another. After running this example, copies of the email will be present in both source and destination folders.

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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.

    // This example copies an email from one mailbox to another.
    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    // Turn on session logging:
    imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true);

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("***","***");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox.testing.a");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    boolean fetchUids = true;

    // Get the message IDs for all emails having "Re:" in the subject.
    CkMessageSet messageSet = new CkMessageSet();
    success = imap.QueryMbx("SUBJECT Re:",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Copy the messages from "Inbox.testing.a" to "Inbox.testing.b" in one call to CopyMultiple:
    success = imap.CopyMultiple(messageSet,"Inbox.testing.b");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Alternatively, loop over each message in the set and
    // copy each separately:
    int i = 0;
    while (i < messageSet.get_Count()) {

        int msgId = messageSet.GetId(i);
        boolean isUid = messageSet.get_HasUids();

        success = imap.Copy(msgId,isUid,"Inbox.testing.c");
        if (success == false) {
            Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        i = i + 1;
        }

    // Display the session log.
    Log.i(TAG, imap.sessionLog());

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();

  }

  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."
  }
}