(Android™) Read a POP3 Mailbox

Read a POP3 mailbox and display the FROM and SUBJECT header fields of each email.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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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 assumes 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.someMailServer.com");

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

    // Copy the all email from the user's POP3 mailbox 
    // into a bundle object.  The email remains on the server.
    CkEmailBundle bundle = new CkEmailBundle();
    boolean keepOnServer = true;
    boolean headersOnly = false;
    // Irrelevent because we are NOT downloading headers-only
    int numBodyLines = 0;
    success = mailman.FetchAll(keepOnServer,headersOnly,numBodyLines,bundle);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int i = 0;
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    while (i < bundle.get_MessageCount()) {
        bundle.EmailAt(i,email);

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

        i = i + 1;
        }

    success = mailman.Pop3EndSession();

  }

  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."
  }
}