(Android™) Using Client Certificate w/ IMAP SSL

Demonstrates how to use a client-side certificate with an IMAP SSL connection. The SetSslClientCert method is called to specify a certificate to be used for the SSL connection.

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;

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

    CkImap imap = new CkImap();

    // To use a secure SSL connection, set SSL and the port:
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    // The typical port for IMAP SSL is 993
    imap.put_Port(993);

    // Load a certificate from a PFX file and use it.
    // Note: Other methods are available to load pre-installed
    // certificates from registry-based certificate stores.

    // Create an instance of a certificate store object, load a PFX file,
    // locate the certificate we need, and use it for signing.
    // (a PFX file may contain more than one certificate.)
    CkCertStore certStore = new CkCertStore();
    // The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the 
    // PFX file's password:
    success = certStore.LoadPfxFile("myCertWithPrivateKey.pfx","secret");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, certStore.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Find the certificate by the subject common name:
    CkJsonObject jsonCN = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonCN.UpdateString("CN","cert common name");

    CkCert cert = new CkCert();
    success = certStore.FindCert(jsonCN,cert);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, certStore.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // If a PFX file is known to contain a single certificate,
    // you may load it directly into a Chilkat certificate object.
    // This snippet of source code shows how:
    CkCert cert2 = new CkCert();
    // The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the 
    // PFX file's password:
    success = cert2.LoadPfxFile("myClientCert.pfx","secret");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Use the cert:
    success = imap.SetSslClientCert(cert);

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

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

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

    // Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
    boolean fetchUids = true;
    CkMessageSet messageSet = new CkMessageSet();
    success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
    CkEmailBundle bundle = new CkEmailBundle();
    boolean headersOnly = false;
    success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, imap.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    int i = 0;
    int numEmails = bundle.get_MessageCount();
    while (i < numEmails) {
        bundle.EmailAt(i,email);

        Log.i(TAG, email.ck_from());
        Log.i(TAG, email.subject());
        Log.i(TAG, "--");
        i = i + 1;
        }

    // 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."
  }
}