React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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Zip a single file. React Native

import { Zip } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const zip = new Zip();

  try {
    zip.newZip('test.zip');
  } catch {
    console.log(zip.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // In this example, the file we wish to zip is /temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt

  // Add a reference to a single file by calling AddFile
  // Note: You may use either forward or backward slashes.
  const saveExtraPath = false;
  try {
    zip.addFile('/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt', saveExtraPath);
  } catch {
    console.log(zip.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    await zip.writeZipAndCloseAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(zip.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // A .zip containing "HelloWorld123.txt" with no path information has been created.
  console.log('Zip Created!');

  // Perhaps you want to include a path in the .zip such that when unzipping, a sub-directory
  // is automatically created and the file unzipped into it.  Use PathPrefix:

  // (We'll skip checking the success/failure return value.)

  // Set a PathPrefix to get the relative path you want:
  // The .zip will contain this entry: "myApp/HelloWorld123.txt";
  zip.newZip('test2.zip');
  zip.pathPrefix = 'myApp/';
  zip.addFile('/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt', saveExtraPath);
  await zip.writeZipAndCloseAsync();
}