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Unzip all Files to a Single Directory (Ignoring Subdirectories in Zip)

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Demonstrates how to unzip all files into a single directory, ignoring the internal directory structure of the files in the .zip.

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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.

    String outDir = "c:/temp/testUnzipDir";

    // Make sure our output directory exists.
    CkFileAccess fac = new CkFileAccess();
    success = fac.DirEnsureExists(outDir);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, fac.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

    // In this example, the xml_files.zip contains some files in the subdirectories "dir1" and also "dir2/dir3".

    // a1.xml
    // b1.xml
    // c1.xml
    // dir1/a2.xml
    // dir1/c2.xml
    // dir2/dir3/c3.xml

    success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Unzip all files into the directory c:/temp/testUnzipDir
    int numUnzipped = zip.UnzipInto(outDir);
    if (numUnzipped < 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Num unzipped = " + String.valueOf(numUnzipped));

    // After unzipping via UnzipInto, we have this:

    // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a1.xml
    // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\b1.xml
    // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c1.xml
    // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a2.xml
    // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c2.xml
    // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c3.xml

    zip.CloseZip();

    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."
  }
}