(Android™) RSA SHA256 Signature using Private Key from Java Keystore

Signs plaintext using RSA SHA256 using a key from a Java keystore.

Duplicatest this code:

KeyStore keystore; // key repository for keys containing signature certificate
String alias; // alias for the certificate in the key repository
String password; // password for the certificate's private key
String plaintext; // text being signed


Signature signature = Signature.getInstance("SHA256withRSA");
signature.initSign((PrivateKey) keystore.getKey(alias, password.toCharArray()));
signature.update(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"));
byte[] rsa_text= signature.sign();

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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);

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

    CkJavaKeyStore jks = new CkJavaKeyStore();

    String jksPassword = "secret";

    // Load the Java keystore from a file.  The JKS file password is used
    // to verify the keyed digest that is found at the very end of the keystore.
    // It verifies that the keystore has not been modified.
    boolean success = jks.LoadFile(jksPassword,"qa_data/jks/sample_secret.jks");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, jks.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get the private key from the JKS.
    // The private key password may be different than the file password.
    String privKeyPassword = "secret";
    boolean caseSensitive = false;
    CkPrivateKey privKey = jks.FindPrivateKey(privKeyPassword,"some.alias",caseSensitive);
    if (jks.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, jks.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Establish the RSA object and tell it to use the private key..
    CkRsa rsa = new CkRsa();

    success = rsa.ImportPrivateKeyObj(privKey);

    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rsa.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Indicate we'll be signing the utf-8 byte representation of the string..
    rsa.put_Charset("utf-8");

    // Sign some plaintext using RSA-SHA256
    CkByteData binarySignature = new CkByteData();
    String plaintext = "this is the text to be signed";
    success = rsa.SignString(plaintext,"SHA256",binarySignature);
    if (rsa.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rsa.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Alternatively, if the signature is desired in some encoded string form,
    // such as base64, base64-url, hex, etc.
    rsa.put_EncodingMode("base64-url");
    String signatureStr = rsa.signStringENC(plaintext,"SHA256");
    Log.i(TAG, "base64-url RSA signature: " + signatureStr);

  }

  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."
  }
}