(Android™) Download POP3 Email to MIME Strings

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

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

    boolean success;

    // 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.someMailServer.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:
    CkStringArray saUidls = mailman.GetUidls();
    if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Download the email as MIME strings (no parsing of the MIME)
    CkStringArray saMime = mailman.FetchMultipleMime(saUidls);
    if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());

        return;
        }

    // MIME strings may be loaded into email objects:
    int i;
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    for (i = 0; i <= saMime.get_Count() - 1; i++) {
        success = email.SetFromMimeText(saMime.getString(i));
        Log.i(TAG, "From: " + email.ck_from());
        Log.i(TAG, "Subject: " + email.subject());
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}