Android™

Download Image (JPG, GIF, etc.) to Base64

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Demonstrates how to download an image, or any type of file, to get the data in base64 encoding format. 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.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_KeepResponseBody(true);

    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();

    success = http.DownloadBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bd);
    int statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    if (success == false) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            //  Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
            }
        else {
            //  We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            Log.i(TAG, "Response status code: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));
            //  Examine the response body.
            Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
            Log.i(TAG, http.lastResponseBody());
            }

        Log.i(TAG, "Download failed.");

        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Download success, response status = " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

        String base64_image_data = bd.getEncoded("base64");
        Log.i(TAG, "image data in base64 format:");
        Log.i(TAG, base64_image_data);
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}