(Android™) Outlook Send Email

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This example sends a simple plain-text email. Other examples exist for:

Sending HTML email.
Sending HTML email with embedded images.
Sending email with attachments.
Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Use your previously obtained access token here:
    // See the following examples for getting an access token:
    //    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
    //    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
    //    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
    //    Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    boolean success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/microsoftGraph.json");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jsonToken.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));

    // To send email, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
    // 
    // POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
    // 
    // (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
    // 

    // The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
    // recipients, etc.  This example will build the following JSON email:
    // 

    // 	{
    // 	  "message": {
    // 	    "subject": "Meet for lunch?",
    // 	    "body": {
    // 	      "contentType": "Text",
    // 	      "content": "The new cafeteria is open."
    // 	    },
    // 	    "toRecipients": [
    // 	      {
    // 	        "emailAddress": {
    // 		  "name": "Chilkat Software",
    // 	          "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
    // 	        }
    // 	      },
    // 	      {
    // 	        "emailAddress": {
    // 	          "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
    // 	        }
    // 	      }
    // 	    ],
    // 	    "ccRecipients": [
    // 	      {
    // 	        "emailAddress": {
    // 		  "name": "Chilkat Blog",
    // 		  "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
    // 	        }
    // 	      }
    // 	    ]
    // 	  },
    // 	  "saveToSentItems": true
    // 	}
    // 

    // Build the above JSON.
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("message.subject","Meet for lunch?");
    json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","Text");
    json.UpdateString("message.body.content","The new cafeteria is open.");
    json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software");
    json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io");
    json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com");
    json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog");
    json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com");
    json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",true);

    // Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the email)
    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson2("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail","application/json",json.emit());
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
    // In the success case, there is no response body.  (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 202) {
        json.Load(resp.bodyStr());
        json.put_EmitCompact(false);
        Log.i(TAG, json.emit());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed, response status code = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Outlook Mail Sent.");
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}