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Android™

QuickGetObj Example

The QuickGetObj method is called to send a GET request and receive the response as an HttpResponse object.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads

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.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    //  Send a GET request to download a PDF into an HTTP response object.
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Get the response status
    int statusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response status: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

    //  In this example, we want a 200 status code.
    if (statusCode == 200) {
        //  Save the response body to a file.
        //  Note: This is only for the sake of this example.
        //  It's better to call the Download method to download directly to a file.
        success = resp.SaveBodyBinary("qa_output/hello.pdf");
        if (success == false) {
            Log.i(TAG, "Failed to write output file.");
            }
        else {
            Log.i(TAG, "Wrote hello.pdf");
            }

        }
    else {
        //  Perhaps we have response body with an error message..
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

        }


  }

  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."
  }
}