(Android™) Example: Http.HttpSReq method

Demonstrates how to call the HttpSReq method.

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);

    boolean success = false;

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();

    // Specify the details of the HTTP request.
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_ContentType("application/json");
    req.put_Path("/echo_request_body.asp");

    String requestBody = "{\"greeting\":\"Hello World\"}";
    req.LoadBodyFromString(requestBody,"utf-8");

    // Send a POST to https://chilkatsoft.com/echo_request_body.asp with a JSON request body.
    success = http.HttpSReq("chilkatsoft.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    // Examine the request we sent.
    // The LastHeader property stores the HTTP request header of the most recent request sent,
    // and in this instance, the response body mirrors the request body.
    Log.i(TAG, http.lastHeader());
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

    // Output:

    // POST /echo_request_body.asp HTTP/1.1
    // Host: chilkatsoft.com
    // Content-Type: application/json
    // Content-Length: 26
    // 
    // {"greeting":"Hello World"}

  }

  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."
  }
}