Android™
Android™
Save a Public Key as a DER File
Demonstrates the Chilkat PublicKey.SaveDerFile method, which saves the public key as binary DER. The first argument selects the representation (as for GetPem) and the second is the destination path.
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: DER is the compact binary encoding many libraries and protocols consume directly. Saving to a
.der file is the choice when a consumer wants raw binary rather than Base64 PEM. The first argument picks the traditional (PKCS #1) versus modern (SubjectPublicKeyInfo) structure.Chilkat Android™ Downloads
// 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;
// Load a public key to export. LoadFromFile inspects the content, so it accepts DER, PEM, XML,
// JWK, and other supported representations.
CkPublicKey pubKey = new CkPublicKey();
success = pubKey.LoadFromFile("qa_data/public.pem");
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, pubKey.lastErrorText());
return;
}
// Save the public key as binary DER. The 1st argument selects the representation and the 2nd is
// the destination path.
boolean preferPkcs1 = false;
success = pubKey.SaveDerFile(preferPkcs1,"qa_output/public.der");
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, pubKey.lastErrorText());
return;
}
Log.i(TAG, "Saved.");
}
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."
}
}