(Android™) SES Send Plain-Text Email

Sends a simple plain-text email to one or more recipients.

See SES SendEmail for more information.

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.

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    // such as https://email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    boolean success = rest.Connect("email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAws authAws = new CkAuthAws();
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    // the region should match our URL above..
    authAws.put_Region("us-west-2");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("ses");

    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    rest.AddQueryParam("Action","SendEmail");

    rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Data","This is a sample plain-text email.");
    rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Body.Text.Charset","utf-8");

    rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Data","Sample plain-text SES email");
    rest.AddQueryParam("Message.Subject.Charset","utf-8");

    // Add up to 100 TO, CC, and BCC recipients.
    // If your SES account is still in the sandbox, you also must verify every recipient email address except for the recipients 
    // provided by the Amazon SES mailbox simulator. (See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/mailbox-simulator.html)
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.ToAddresses.member.1","success@simulator.amazonses.com");
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
    // Please do not test by sending email to Chilkat (Thanks!)
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.1","support@chilkatsoft.com");
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.CcAddresses.member.2","somebody@yahoo.com");
    rest.AddQueryParam("Destination.BccAddresses.member.1","somebody@gmail.com");

    rest.AddQueryParam("Source","admin@chilkatdownload.com");

    // Because there may be a large amount of data in the query params, use a POST
    // where the params are sent in the body of the HTTP Request.
    String responseXml = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "response body: " + responseXml);
        return;
        }

    // Examine the successful XML response.
    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
    Log.i(TAG, xml.getXml());

    // To get the MessageId
    Log.i(TAG, "MessageId: " + xml.chilkatPath("SendEmailResult|MessageId|*"));

    // A sample successful response:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <SendEmailResponse xmlns="http://ses.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-12-01/">
    //     <SendEmailResult>
    //         <MessageId>010101579081d2c1-043c693f-5a23-4c64-a8c1-66187d3725a0-000000</MessageId>
    //     </SendEmailResult>
    //     <ResponseMetadata>
    //         <RequestId>e2b5b480-8a4e-11e6-85cd-21b1f1f6d432</RequestId>
    //     </ResponseMetadata>
    // </SendEmailResponse>

  }

  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."
  }
}