(Android™) Example for the Zip AppendNew Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNew function.

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

    CkZip zip = new CkZip();
    boolean success;

    String zipPath = "c:/temp/test.zip";

    // Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    zip.NewZip(zipPath);

    // Append a new and empty file to the zip object.
    // This does not write the zip file.  It simply adds an entry
    // that will get processed when the zip is written.
    CkZipEntry entry1 = zip.AppendNew("empty.txt");

    // Append another entry..
    CkZipEntry entry2 = zip.AppendNew("abc/helloWorld.txt");

    // Add some data to this entry..
    entry2.AppendString("Hello World","utf-8");

    // Write the zip, which contains 2 files:  empty.txt and helloWorld.txt
    zip.put_FileName(zipPath);
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

  }

  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."
  }
}