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Check if a MIME Entity is multipart/alternative

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.IsMultipartAlternative method, which returns whether the Content-Type is exactly multipart/alternative. It takes no arguments.

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

Background: Recognizing multipart/alternative matters because its children are the same content in different formats — you display one (usually the last renderable), not all of them. That is the opposite of multipart/mixed, where every child is shown.

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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;

    //  Demonstrates the Mime.IsMultipartAlternative method, which returns whether the Content-Type is multipart/alternative.  It takes no arguments.

    CkMime mime = new CkMime();
    success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/multipart_message.eml");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mime.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (mime.IsMultipartAlternative()) {
        Log.i(TAG, "This is a multipart/alternative entity.");
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "This is not multipart/alternative.");
        }


  }

  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."
  }
}