Android™

Send Email with a vCard

Demonstrates how to create a simple email, attach a vcard, and send it. 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.

    //  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    CkMailMan mailman = new CkMailMan();

    //  Set the SMTP server.
    mailman.put_SmtpHost("smtp.chilkatsoft.com");

    //  Set the SMTP login/password (if required)
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername("myUsername");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword("myPassword");

    //  Create a new email object
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    email.put_Subject("This is a vcard test");
    email.put_Body("This is a vcard test");
    email.put_From("Chilkat Admin <admin@chilkatsoft.com>");
    success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Support","support@chilkatsoft.com");
    //  To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

    //  A vCard is an email attachment having a Content-Type = "text/x-vcard".
    //  Call AddStringAttachment to add a vcard from an in-memory string.
    //  The filename should have a ".vcf" file extension.  Chilkat will automatically
    //  recognize it and set the content-type to "text/x-vcard";

    //  Your application is responsible for providing the vcard formatted string.  For example:
    //  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard
    //  
    //  begin:vcard
    //  fn:Matt Smith
    //  n:Smith;Matt
    //  org:Chilkat Software, Inc.
    //  tel;work:630-784-9670
    //  url:http://www.chilkatsoft.com
    //  version:2.1
    //  end:vcard

    String vcard = "begin:vcard ...";
    success = email.AddStringAttachment("admin.vcf",vcard);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, email.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Call SendEmail to connect to the SMTP server and send.
    //  The connection (i.e. session) to the SMTP server remains
    //  open so that subsequent SendEmail calls may use the
    //  same connection.  
    success = mailman.SendEmail(email);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Some SMTP servers do not actually send the email until 
    //  the connection is closed.  In these cases, it is necessary to
    //  call CloseSmtpConnection for the mail to be  sent.  
    //  Most SMTP servers send the email immediately, and it is 
    //  not required to close the connection.  We'll close it here
    //  for the example:
    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.");
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Mail with vCard Sent!");

  }

  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."
  }
}