Android™

Unzip Selected Files from a Zip Archive

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files contained within a .zip and unzip specific files. 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.

    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

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

    String unzipDir = "/temp/unzipDir";

    // Get the number of files and directories in the .zip
    int n = zip.get_NumEntries();

    CkZipEntry entry = new CkZipEntry();

    int i = 0;
    while (i < n) {

        zip.EntryAt(i,entry);
        if (entry.get_IsDirectory() == false) {
            // (the filename may include a path)
            Log.i(TAG, entry.fileName());

            // Your application may choose to unzip this entry
            // based on the filename.
            // If the entry should be unzipped, then call Extract(unzipDir)
            success = entry.Extract(unzipDir);
            if (success == false) {
                Log.i(TAG, entry.lastErrorText());
                return;
                }

            }

        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}