Android™

Socket Send and Receive BinData

Demonstrates the Chilkat Socket ReceiveBdN and SendBd methods. 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 requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkSocket sock = new CkSocket();

    //  --------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  This example uses the public TCP echo service at https://tcpbin.com/
    //  --------------------------------------------------------------------

    boolean useTls = false;
    int port = 4242;
    int maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = sock.Connect("tcpbin.com",port,useTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sock.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Wait a max of 2 seconds for a response..
    sock.put_MaxReadIdleMs(2000);

    //  Send 26 bytes contained in a Chilkat BinData
    CkBinData bdToSend = new CkBinData();
    int i = 0;
    int byteVal = 65;
    while (i < 26) {
        bdToSend.AppendByte(byteVal);
        byteVal = byteVal + 1;
        i = i + 1;
        }

    //  Send the contents of the BinData
    //  Pass zero's in the 2nd and 3rd arguments to send the entire contents of the BinData.
    sock.SendBd(bdToSend,0,0);

    //  The tcpbin.com echo server only echoes after receiving an LF (linefeed char)
    sock.SendByte(10);

    //  The echo server will echo back whatever is sent to it.
    //  We should be able to read the same bytes back..
    CkBinData bdRecv = new CkBinData();
    //  Receive the 26 bytes previously sent, plus the LF char.
    success = sock.ReceiveBdN(27,bdRecv);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sock.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Show the contents of bdRecv in hex format
    Log.i(TAG, bdRecv.getEncoded("hex"));

    //  Output:  4142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F505152535455565758595A0A

  }

  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."
  }
}