(Android™) Delete IMAP Email

To delete an email, the "Deleted" flag must be set to 1 for each message to be deleted. You must also call Expunge or ExpungeAndClose to remove the emails marked as deleted.

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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);

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    // Turn on session logging:
    imap.put_KeepSessionLog(true);

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    boolean success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkMessageSet messageSet;
    boolean fetchUids = true;
    // Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
    messageSet = imap.Search("SUBJECT FTP2",fetchUids);
    if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Set the Deleted flag for each message:
    success = imap.SetFlags(messageSet,"Deleted",1);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Expunge and close the mailbox.
    success = imap.ExpungeAndClose();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Display the session log.
    Log.i(TAG, imap.sessionLog());

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();


  }

  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."
  }
}