(Android™) Transition from Http.PFile to Http.HttpFile

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PFile method calls with HttpFile.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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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 {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    String verb = "POST";
    String url = "https://example.com/";
    String localFilePath = "c:/temp/requestBodyContent.dat";
    String contentType = "application/octet-stream";

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The PFile method is deprecated:

    CkHttpResponse responseObj = http.PFile(verb,url,localFilePath,contentType,false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // ...
    // ...

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Do the equivalent using HttpFile.
    // Your application creates a new, empty HttpResponse object which is passed 
    // in the last argument and filled upon success.

    CkHttpResponse responseOut = new CkHttpResponse();
    boolean success = http.HttpFile(verb,url,localFilePath,contentType,responseOut);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}