Android™

Decrypt File in Chunks using 256-bit AES

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Shows how to decrypt a file chunk-by-chunk using FirstChunk/LastChunk properties and accumulate the results in memory with a Chilkat BinData object. 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 assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    //  This example decrypts the file previously encrypted in this example:
    //  Encrypt File in Chunks using AES CBC

    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();

    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("aes");
    crypt.put_CipherMode("cbc");
    crypt.put_KeyLength(256);

    crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");

    String fileToDecrypt = "c:/temp/qa_output/hamlet.enc";
    CkFileAccess facIn = new CkFileAccess();
    success = facIn.OpenForRead(fileToDecrypt);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to open file to be decrytped.");
        return;
        }

    //  Let's decrypt in 32000 byte chunks.
    int chunkSize = 32000;
    int numChunks = facIn.GetNumBlocks(chunkSize);

    crypt.put_FirstChunk(true);
    crypt.put_LastChunk(false);

    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();
    CkBinData bdDecrypted = new CkBinData();

    int i = 0;
    while (i < numChunks) {
        i = i + 1;
        if (i == numChunks) {
            crypt.put_LastChunk(true);
            }

        //  Read the next chunk from the file.
        //  The last chunk will be whatever amount remains in the file..
        bd.Clear();
        facIn.FileReadBd(chunkSize,bd);

        //  Decrypt this chunk.
        crypt.DecryptBd(bd);
        //  Accumulate the decrypted chunks.
        bdDecrypted.AppendBd(bd);

        crypt.put_FirstChunk(false);
        }

    //  Make sure both FirstChunk and LastChunk are restored to true after
    //  encrypting or decrypting in chunks.  Otherwise subsequent encryptions/decryptions
    //  will produce unexpected results.
    crypt.put_FirstChunk(true);
    crypt.put_LastChunk(true);

    facIn.FileClose();

    //  The fully decrypted file is contained in bdDecrypted.
    //  You can save to a file if desired, or use the decrypted data in your application directly from bdDecrypted.
    bdDecrypted.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/hamlet_decrypted.xml");

  }

  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."
  }
}