(Chilkat for Android™ API)
Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response.

Download: Chilkat for Android™ Java Libraries

// 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 {
  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    TextView tv = new TextView(this);
    String outStr = "";

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    boolean success;

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        outStr += http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
        tv.setText(outStr);
        setContentView(tv);
        return;
    }

    //  The XML sent in the body of the request is application
    //  specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
    //  application is expecting..
    String xmlStr;
    xmlStr = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>";

    //  The PostXml method may be called to send the XMLHttpRequest
    //  using the "POST" HTTP method (also known as "verb").
    String urlEndpoint;
    urlEndpoint = "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp";
    String xmlCharset;
    xmlCharset = "utf-8";

    CkHttpResponse response;
    response = http.PostXml(urlEndpoint,xmlStr,xmlCharset);
    if (response == null ) {
        outStr += http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
        tv.setText(outStr);
        setContentView(tv);
        return;
    }

    //  The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:
    //  
POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml
User-Agent: Chilkat/1.0.0 (+http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatHttpUA.asp)
Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
Accept: */*
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 81

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>


    //  Examine the Body of the HTTP response
    //  This would be the XML response sent by the server.
    outStr += response.bodyStr() + "\n";


    tv.setText(outStr);
    setContentView(tv);
  }

  static {
      // Important: Make sure the name passed to loadLibrary matches the shared library
      // found in your project's libs/armeabi directory.
      //  for "libchilkat.so", pass "chilkat" to loadLibrary
      //  for "libchilkatemail.so", pass "chilkatemail" to loadLibrary
      //  etc.
      // 
      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."
  }
}