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Remove a Part from a Multipart MIME Entity

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.RemovePart method, which removes the direct child at a zero-based index. The only argument is the index; valid values are 0 through NumParts - 1. An out-of-range index returns false and changes nothing.

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: Removing a part is how you strip an attachment or drop an unwanted alternative when reprocessing a message. Because parts are addressed by position, be mindful that removing one shifts the indexes of those after it — when deleting several, iterate from the last index downward so earlier removals do not renumber the parts you still intend to remove.

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

    //  Remove the direct child part at a zero-based index.  Valid indexes are 0 through NumParts - 1.
    //  Here the last part is removed.
    int lastIndex = mime.get_NumParts() - 1;
    success = mime.RemovePart(lastIndex);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, mime.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Parts remaining: " + String.valueOf(mime.get_NumParts()));

  }

  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."
  }
}