(Android™) Get ZIP Directory Information as XML

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This example demonstrates how to use the GetDirectoryAsXML method to retrieve information about the contents of a ZIP archive as an XML document.

The returned XML describes the files currently contained in the ZIP object

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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// 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;

    success = false;

    // Open an existing ZIP archive.
    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

    success = zip.OpenZip("example.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get the ZIP directory information as XML.
    String xml = zip.getDirectoryAsXML();

    Log.i(TAG, xml);

    // Suppose the ZIP contains:

    // data/config/settings.json
    // docs/readme.txt
    // images/logo.png

    // The XML contains one element for each ZIP entry.
    // Example:
    // 
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <zip_contents>
    //     <dir name="data">
    //         <dir name="config">
    //             <file>settings.json</file>
    //         </dir>
    //     </dir>
    //     <dir name="docs">
    //         <file>readme.txt</file>
    //     </dir>
    //     <dir name="images">
    //         <file>logo.png</file>
    //     </dir>
    // </zip_contents>

    zip.CloseZip();

    Log.i(TAG, "Done.");

  }

  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."
  }
}