(Android™) Extract and Save PDF from SOAP XML

Demonstrates how to extract and save PDF file that is embedded in SOAP XML (or any XML).

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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);

    CkXml xml = new CkXml();

    boolean success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/soap/soapWithPdf.xml");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, xml.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // The XML we loaded looks like this:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //     <s:Body>
    //         <ObtenerPDFResponse xmlns="http://xyz.org/">
    //             <ObtenerPDFResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.xyz.org/something" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    //                 <a:CBB i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:CodigoConfirmacion i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:ErrorDetallado />
    //                 <a:ErrorGeneral i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:FechaGenerada i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:FolioGenerado i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:OperacionExitosa>true</a:OperacionExitosa>
    //                 <a:PDF>JVBERi0xLjQKJe...</a:PDF>
    //                 <a:XML i:nil="true" />
    //             </ObtenerPDFResult>
    //         </ObtenerPDFResponse>
    //     </s:Body>
    // </s:Envelope>

    CkXml pdfElement = xml.FindChild("s:Body|ObtenerPDFResponse|ObtenerPDFResult|a:PDF");
    if (xml.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Did not find the PDF element at the expected location.");
        return;
        }

    success = pdfElement.SaveBinaryContent("qa_output/out.pdf",false,false,"");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, xml.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Successfully extracted and saved the PDF.");

  }

  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."
  }
}