Android™

Google Translate Text

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Demonstrates how to use the Cloud Translation API to translate text from one spoken language to another. The example translates from English to Spanish. 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.

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // IMPORTANT: 
    // Don't forget you need to 1st enable the Cloud Translation API in your Google Developers Console at https://console.cloud.google.com
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
    // This example loads the JSON access token file 
    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/_googleTranslate.json");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to load _googleTranslate.json");
        return;
        }

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //     "q": "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.",
    //     "source": "en",
    //     "target": "es",
    //     "format": "text"
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    // The following code creates the JSON request body.
    json.UpdateString("q","The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.");
    json.UpdateString("source","en");
    json.UpdateString("target","es");
    json.UpdateString("format","text");

    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://translation.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    resp.GetBodyJson(jResp);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "data": {
    //     "translations": [
    //       {
    //         "translatedText": "El zorro r�pida salt� sobre el perro perezoso."
    //       }
    //     ]
    //   }
    // }

    String translatedText;

    int i = 0;
    int n = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.translations");
    while (i < n) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        translatedText = jResp.stringOf("data.translations[i].translatedText");
        Log.i(TAG, translatedText);
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}