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List Yahoo Mail IMAP Mailboxes

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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.

    //  See Get Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App 
    //  for sample code showing how to obtain a Yahoo Mail access token.

    //  In this example, our access token was previously saved to the following file which contains JSON like this:
    //  {
    //    "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
    //    "refresh_token": "AIenVXETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Ej9ToRG.xDbDYmZ65WIs5t6CZhDrD",
    //    "expires_in": 3600,
    //    "token_type": "bearer",
    //    "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF5JB4YDOWHITQJFBHCWA"
    //  }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to load Yahoo Mail access token file.");
        return;
        }

    String accessToken = json.stringOf("access_token");

    //  Do OAuth2 authentication by using the access token as the password in the Login method below...
    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);

    //  Connect to the Yahoo IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.yahoo.com");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Indicate that XOAUTH2 authentication is to be used:
    imap.put_AuthMethod("XOAUTH2");

    //  Login
    //  Use the email address of the Yahoo Mail account that granted authorization.
    success = imap.Login("user@yahoo.com",accessToken);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Successfully authenticated with Yahoo IMAP using XOAUTH2!");
        }

    //  Get the list of mailboxes.
    String refName = "";
    String wildcardedMailbox = "*";
    boolean subscribed = false;

    CkMailboxes mboxes = new CkMailboxes();
    success = imap.MbxList(subscribed,refName,wildcardedMailbox,mboxes);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int i = 0;
    while (i < mboxes.get_Count()) {
        Log.i(TAG, mboxes.getName(i));
        i = i + 1;
        }

    //  Sample output looks like this:

    //  Archive
    //  Bulk Mail
    //  Draft
    //  Inbox
    //  Inbox/emailsWithAttach
    //  Inbox/test
    //  Sent
    //  Trash

    //  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();

  }

  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."
  }
}