Android™

Sending S/MIME Encrypted Email

Sends an encrypted email using the recipient's digital certificate from a .cer file. 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.

    // The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    // Set the SMTP server.
    mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.comcast.net");

    // Load the .cer file into a certificate object.
    // When sending S/MIME encrypted email, it is the recipient's
    // certificate that is used for encryption.  Only the public key
    // is needed to encrypt.  The recipient is the only
    // one possessing the private key, and therefore is the only
    // one able to decrypt.
    CkCert cert = new CkCert();
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("cknotes.cer");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Create a new email object
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    email.put_Subject("This email is encrypted");
    email.put_Body("This is a digitally encrypted mail");
    email.put_From("Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
    success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Blog","admin@cknotes.com");

    // Indicate that the email is to be sent encrypted.
    email.put_SendEncrypted(true);

    // Specify the certificate to be used for encryption.
    success = email.SetEncryptCert(cert);

    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Mail Sent!");
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}