Android™

SMSAPI - Send SMS with Multiple Lines of Text

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Send an SMS message containing multiple lines of text. Android™

// 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;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl -H "Authorization: Bearer token_api_oauth" \
    // "https://api.smsapi.com/sms.do?from=sender_name&to=44123456789&message=message_content&format=json"

    // Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
    // Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer token_api_oauth" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("token_api_oauth");

    String messageContent = "Hello\r\nThis is a test\r\nwith multiple lines of text.";

    // Given that our message contentn has newlines, we obviously cannot put newlines in a URL without them being URL encoded..
    // Therefore.. URL encode..
    CkStringBuilder sbMessage = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbMessage.Append(messageContent);
    sbMessage.Encode("url","utf-8");

    http.SetUrlVar("msgContent",sbMessage.getAsString());

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.smsapi.com/sms.do?from=sender_name&to=44123456789&message={$msgContent}&format=json",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
    Log.i(TAG, sbResponseBody.getAsString());

  }

  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."
  }
}