Get an FTP Listing Entry's Group

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetGroup method, which returns the group name or identifier of a cached directory-listing entry. The only argument is a zero-based index. The value is empty when the server does not provide group metadata.

// 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;

    //  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetGroup method, which returns the group name or identifier of a cached
    //  directory-listing entry.  The only argument is a zero-based index.

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username("myFtpLogin");

    //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    ftp.put_Password("myPassword");

    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
    //  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
    int n = ftp.GetDirCount();
    if (n < 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {
        String name = ftp.getFilename(i);

        //  The group is empty when the server does not provide group metadata.
        String group = ftp.getGroup(i);
        Log.i(TAG, group + "  " + name);
        }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.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."
  }
}