Send an SSH IGNORE Message

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.SendIgnore method, which sends an SSH IGNORE message. It takes no arguments. The server does not reply, but a successful send helps confirm the connection is still writable. No channel is required.

// 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;

    //  Demonstrates the Ssh.SendIgnore method, which sends an SSH IGNORE message.  It takes no
    //  arguments.  The server does not reply, but a successful send helps confirm the connection is
    //  still writable.  No channel is required.

    CkSsh ssh = new CkSsh();

    //  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
    int sshPort = 22;
    success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    String password = "mySshPassword";

    success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Send an IGNORE message to verify the connection is still writable.
    success = ssh.SendIgnore();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ssh.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "IGNORE message sent.");

    ssh.Disconnect();

  }

  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."
  }
}