Android™

Streaming Encryption by Encrypting in Chunks

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Encrypt data in chunks. 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);

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

    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();

    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("aes");
    crypt.put_CipherMode("cbc");
    crypt.put_KeyLength(128);

    crypt.SetEncodedKey("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");
    crypt.SetEncodedIV("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex");

    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex");
    String txt1 = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.\r\n";
    String txt2 = "-\r\n";
    String txt3 = "Done.\r\n";

    CkStringBuilder sbEncrypted = new CkStringBuilder();

    // Encrypt the 1st chunk:
    // (don't worry about feeding the data to the encryptor in 
    // exact multiples of the encryption algorithm's block size.
    // Chilkat will buffer the data.)
    crypt.put_FirstChunk(true);
    crypt.put_LastChunk(false);
    sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.encryptStringENC(txt1));

    // Encrypt the 2nd chunk
    crypt.put_FirstChunk(false);
    crypt.put_LastChunk(false);
    sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.encryptStringENC(txt2));

    // Now encrypt N more chunks...
    // Remember -- we're doing this in CBC mode, so each call
    // to the encrypt method depends on the state from previous
    // calls...
    crypt.put_FirstChunk(false);
    crypt.put_LastChunk(false);
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
        sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.encryptStringENC(txt1));
        sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.encryptStringENC(txt2));
        }

    // Now encrypt the last chunk:
    crypt.put_FirstChunk(false);
    crypt.put_LastChunk(true);
    sbEncrypted.Append(crypt.encryptStringENC(txt3));

    Log.i(TAG, sbEncrypted.getAsString());

    // Now decrypt in one call.
    // (The data we're decrypting is both the first AND last chunk.)  
    crypt.put_FirstChunk(true);
    crypt.put_LastChunk(true);
    String decryptedText = crypt.decryptStringENC(sbEncrypted.getAsString());

    Log.i(TAG, decryptedText);

    // Note: You may decrypt in N chunks by setting the FirstChunk
    // and LastChunk properties prior to calling the Decrypt* methods

  }

  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."
  }
}