Android™

QR Code Generator via api.qrserver.com REST API

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Demonstrates how to generate a QR code using the api.qrserver.com REST API service. 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.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Send the following GET request to get a binary response.
    // The body of the binary response contains the image data for the QR code.
    // https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?data=[URL-encoded-text]&size=[pixels]x[pixels]

    CkJsonObject queryParams = new CkJsonObject();
    queryParams.UpdateString("data","Hello World");
    queryParams.UpdateString("size","100x100");

    // Get a PNG file..
    // Possible formats are:
    // png
    // gif
    // jpeg
    // jpg
    // svg
    // eps
    // Case matters.  Use lowercase.
    queryParams.UpdateString("format","png");

    // Send the GET request to an endpoint.
    // Chilkat will add the url-encoded query params passed in the JSON.
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpParams("GET","https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/",queryParams,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Did it succeed?
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        // The response body, if anything, would not be the image data, but would likely be the error text (or HTML, or whatever...)
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());
        Log.i(TAG, "Response status = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    // Success if we get here..
    // Save the binary body as the PNG file, or you can get the bytes of the PNG..
    success = resp.SaveBodyBinary("c:/temp/qa_output/qr_code.png");

    // Or get the bytes:
    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();
    resp.GetBodyBd(bd);
    // Use the bytes in bd...
    // See the online reference documentation for the function to access the bytes directly.

    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

  }

  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."
  }
}