Read the REST Response Header and Status Code

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Demonstrates Rest.ReadResponseHeader, which reads the HTTP response status line and header fields after a staged send. The returned integer is the HTTP status code, or -1 if no response was received.

// 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;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = rest.SendReqNoBody("GET","/api/items/123");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Read the HTTP response status line and header fields.  The returned integer is the HTTP status
    //  code (such as 200, 404, or 500), or -1 if no response was received.
    int statusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader();
    if (statusCode < 0) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response status code: " + String.valueOf(statusCode));

  }

  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."
  }
}