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SimpleTexting - Send MMS Message

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Send a multimedia message to an individual contact.

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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.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl --request POST \
    //   --url 'https://app2.simpletexting.com/v1/sendmms?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN&phone=SOME_STRING_VALUE&message=SOME_STRING_VALUE&subject=SOME_STRING_VALUE&mediaUrl=SOME_ARRAY_VALUE' \
    //   --header 'accept: application/json' \
    //   --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

    // Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
    // Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

    http.SetRequestHeader("accept","application/json");
    http.SetRequestHeader("content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();
    req.AddParam("token","YOUR_API_TOKEN");
    req.AddParam("phone","SOME_10_DIGIT_PHONE_NUMBER");
    req.AddParam("message","Hello: This is a sample MMS message.");
    req.AddParam("subject","Starfish");
    req.AddParam("mediaUrl","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg");

    req.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");

    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpReq("https://app2.simpletexting.com/v1/sendmms",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "code": 1,
    //   "message": "The request succeeded",
    //   "smsid": "5bec5b9d0a975a238808ffb2"
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    // Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    int code = jResp.IntOf("code");
    String message = jResp.stringOf("message");
    String smsid = jResp.stringOf("smsid");

  }

  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."
  }
}