Android™

Download POP3 Email to MIME

Download the email from a POP3 mailbox directly into MIME, without parsing into email objects. Android™

// 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.

    // The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
    // and sending (SMTP) email.
    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    // Set the POP3 server's hostname
    mailman.put_MailHost("pop.example.com");

    // Set the POP3 login/password.
    mailman.put_PopUsername("myLogin");
    mailman.put_PopPassword("myPassword");

    // First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
    CkStringTable stUidls = new CkStringTable();
    success = mailman.FetchUidls(stUidls);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Download each email as MIME.
    // If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
    CkBinData bdMime = new CkBinData();
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    int count = stUidls.get_Count();
    int i = 0;
    while (i < count) {
        success = mailman.FetchMimeBd(stUidls.stringAt(i),bdMime);
        if (success == false) {
            Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        email.SetFromMimeBd(bdMime);
        Log.i(TAG, "From: " + email.ck_from());
        Log.i(TAG, "Subject: " + email.subject());

        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}