(Chilkat for Android™ API) Generate RSA SSH Key

Generates an RSA SSH key and saves to various public and private key file formats (OpenSSH and PuTTY).

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

    CkSshKey key = new CkSshKey();

    boolean success;

    int numBits;
    int exponent;

    //  numBits may range from 384 to 4096.  Typical values are
    //  1024 or 2048.  (must be a multiple of 64)
    //  A good choice for the exponent is 65537.  Chilkat recommends
    //  always using this value.
    numBits = 2048;
    exponent = 65537;
    success = key.GenerateRsaKey(numBits,exponent);
    if (success != true) {
        outStr += "Bad params passed to RSA key generation method." + "\n";
        tv.setText(outStr);
        setContentView(tv);
        return;
    }

    //  Note: Generating a public/private key pair is CPU intensive
    //  and may take a short amount of time (more than few seconds,
    //  but less than a minute).

    String exportedKey;
    boolean exportEncrypted;

    //  Export the RSA private key to OpenSSH, PuTTY, and XML and save.
    exportEncrypted = false;
    exportedKey = key.toOpenSshPrivateKey(exportEncrypted);
    //  Chilkat provides a SaveText method for convenience...
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"privkey_openssh_unencrypted.pem");

    //  Export with encryption to OpenSSH private key format:
    key.put_Password("secret");
    exportEncrypted = true;
    exportedKey = key.toOpenSshPrivateKey(exportEncrypted);
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"privkey_openssh_encrypted.pem");

    //  Export the RSA private key to unencrypted PuTTY format:
    exportEncrypted = false;
    exportedKey = key.toPuttyPrivateKey(exportEncrypted);
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"privkey_putty_unencrypted.ppk");

    //  Export the RSA private key to encrypted PuTTY format:
    key.put_Password("secret");
    exportEncrypted = true;
    exportedKey = key.toPuttyPrivateKey(exportEncrypted);
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"privkey_putty_encrypted.ppk");

    //  Export private key to XML:
    exportedKey = key.toXml();
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"privkey.xml");

    //  ----------------------------------------------------
    //  Now for the public key....
    //  ----------------------------------------------------

    //  The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format
    //  is documented in RFC 4716.
    exportedKey = key.toRfc4716PublicKey();
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"pubkey_rfc4716.pub");

    //  OpenSSH has a separate public-key file format, which
    //  is also supported by Chilkat SshKey:
    exportedKey = key.toOpenSshPublicKey();
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"pubkey_openSsh.pub");

    outStr += "Finished." + "\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."
  }
}