Android™

Generate RSA Key and return Base64 PKCS8 Private Key

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Demonstrates how to generate a new 2048-bit RSA private key and returns the Base64 encoded PKCS8 representation of the private key. 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;

    CkRsa rsa = new CkRsa();

    // Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
    // key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
    CkPrivateKey privKey = new CkPrivateKey();
    success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rsa.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get the private key in PKCS8 Base64 format
    String privKeyPkcs8Base64 = privKey.getPkcs8ENC("base64");

    // The key in base64 format will start similar to this:
    // MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BA...
    Log.i(TAG, privKeyPkcs8Base64);

  }

  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."
  }
}