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Add a Detached Signature (Separate Key, Header Control)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.AddDetachedSignaturePk2 method, which creates a detached signature with a separately supplied certificate and private key, and a third argument controlling transfer of the existing message header fields to the new outer entity.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This combines the two variations — certificate and key supplied separately, plus explicit header placement — for the case that needs both. It is the most flexible of the detached-signature methods; choose it when your key material is separate and you also care about where the message headers end up on the signed result.

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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;

    CkMime mime = new CkMime();
    success = mime.SetBodyFromPlainText("This message will be signed.");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mime.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Load the certificate and its private key separately.
    CkCert cert = new CkCert();
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/signer.cer");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkPrivateKey privKey = new CkPrivateKey();
    success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/signer_privkey.pem");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, privKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Create a detached signature with separately supplied cert and private key, where the 3rd
    //  argument controls whether the existing message header fields are transferred to the new outer
    //  multipart/signed entity.
    boolean transferHeaderFields = true;
    success = mime.AddDetachedSignaturePk2(cert,privKey,transferHeaderFields);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mime.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = mime.SaveMime("qa_output/signed.eml");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mime.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Detached signature added (headers transferred).");

  }

  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."
  }
}