(Android™) SSH Execute Remote Commands

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Shows how to execute a command on an SSH server and retrieve the command output.

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

    CkSsh ssh = new CkSsh();

    int port = 22;
    boolean success = ssh.Connect("the-ssh-server.com",port);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Authenticate using login/password:
    success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("theSshLogin","theSshPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Send some commands and get the output.
    String strOutput = ssh.quickCommand("df","ansi");
    if (ssh.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "---- df ----");
    Log.i(TAG, strOutput);

    strOutput = ssh.quickCommand("echo hello world","ansi");
    if (ssh.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "---- echo hello world ----");
    Log.i(TAG, strOutput);

    strOutput = ssh.quickCommand("date","ansi");
    if (ssh.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "---- date ----");
    Log.i(TAG, strOutput);

    // --------------
    // Sample output:

    // 	---- df ----
    // 	Filesystem    512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
    // 	/dev/disk2    2176716032 265736304 1910467728    13% 33281036 238808466   12%   /
    // 	devfs                382       382          0   100%      662         0  100%   /dev
    // 	map -hosts             0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /net
    // 	map auto_home          0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /home
    // 	/dev/disk3s2      374668    374668          0   100%    93665         0  100%   /Volumes/Google Chrome
    // 
    // 	---- echo hello world ----
    // 	hello world
    // 
    // 	---- date ----
    // 	Thu Dec 22 17:19:32 CST 2016

  }

  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."
  }
}