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Unzip Encrypted Text into a String Variable

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Demonstrates how to open an encrypted .zip archive and unzip a text file directly into a string variable.

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

    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

    // Set the password required for decrypting.
    zip.put_DecryptPassword("myPassword");

    success = zip.OpenZip("encrypted.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Locate the file within the Zip to be unzipped into a string variable:
    CkZipEntry entry = new CkZipEntry();
    success = zip.EntryMatching("*.csv",entry);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // lineEndingBehavior:
    // 0 = leave unchanged.
    // 1 = convert all to bare LF's
    // 2 = convert all to CRLF's
    int lineEndingBehavior = 0;
    String srcCharset = "utf-8";

    String strCsv = entry.unzipToString(lineEndingBehavior,srcCharset);
    Log.i(TAG, strCsv);

  }

  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."
  }
}