Email, Send, Intent, IntentChooser

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:44 am

Short snippet to start an Email-Activity with some preset data:

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final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
 
emailIntent .setType("plain/text");
 
emailIntent .putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"webmaster@website.com"});
 
emailIntent .putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, mySubject);
 
emailIntent .putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, myBodyText);
 
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send mail...));
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snappy · by **snappy** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:36 pm

Thank you so much for this.

Is there a way to use the "share" intent which is used in the camera application or the picture viewer app so you can send by E-Mail or SMS and bundle the data depending on what is selected?

snappy · by **snappy** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:12 am

Has anyone got this working?

I tried:

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                final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND); 
 
                emailIntent.setType("plain/text"); 
 
                emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"webmaster@website.com"}); 
 
                emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "mySubject"); 
 
                emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "myBodyText"); 
 
                startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
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I get "No applications can perform this action." It seems a lot of people have been getting this. I've tried a lot of things but I cannot seem to get the email application to start unless I set the type to "image/jpeg" but it still won't set the email/subject/body.

Rahul · by **Rahul** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:15 pm

I think that code would work only in a real Android device.

http://groups.google.com/group/android- ... c676e3217b

snappy · by **snappy** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:32 pm

Rahul wrote:I think that code would work only in a real Android device.

http://groups.google.com/group/android- ... c676e3217b

Yep. Took me awhile to figure that out, but I checked the email client source and it only allows intents to
be called with image attachments. I don't think it even recognizes the EXTRA_SUBJECT/EXTRA_BODY/etc.
fields.

It seems the email app is extremely premature.

But to be fair, it wouldn't take much to fix up the email apps source to respond to intents and unbundle the email/subject/body.

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:35 am

Yes, it works on real devices ! (Didn't include the last SDK-Update the email-client for the emulator ??)

Best Regards,
plusminus

FenianEMT · by **FenianEMT** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:33 pm

Just tried this on a G1 and it works great. Just one question:

Is there any way to send an email without requiring user input? I'm looking for something along the lines of the SmsManager's sendTextMessage() method, but for email.

llanero · by **llanero** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:33 am

Hi,
I'm new here. Thanks a lot for this email activity. I've included it in my new android app, that will be born nearly, I hope. The email works perfectly now from my app in the G1.
But I've a question: How can I do to send an e-mail with a file attached?

alpesh_harsoda · by **alpesh_harsoda** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:26 pm

Hi, i have also same ques. how can i attach txt or image file to attach in my mail?

sikus · by **sikus** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:50 pm

Hello, I need send email like html. I try use emailIntent.setType("html/text"); but text in email is with tags, not like html page. Haw can I do it? Thanks for recommend.

twsc · by **twsc** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:39 pm

alpesh_harsoda wrote:Hi, i have also same ques. how can i attach txt or image file to attach in my mail?

you can refer this article. it can attach the image file.
send_the_picture_via_gmails_attached_function-t4586.html

If you want to attach the txt file, you may check this.
http://developer.android.com/reference/ ... CTION_SEND

"text/plain";

alpesh_harsoda · by **alpesh_harsoda** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:48 pm

Thnks for Help.

bhushan.kasturiwale · by **bhushan.kasturiwale** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:31 am

Hello ,

Can we start the IM (chat) application similarly as we have don for the Email application.
I need start the IM (chat) application from my application can any one help me out with it.

Thanks!
Bhushan

SlumberMachine · by **SlumberMachine** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:10 pm

bhushan.kasturiwale wrote:Hello ,

Can we start the IM (chat) application similarly as we have don for the Email application.
I need start the IM (chat) application from my application can any one help me out with it.

Thanks!
Bhushan

Yes! you can create an intent to open a messenger program. Any app can receieve intents if the creator of the app included intent receivers.

For chat, The most important thing to change is the "type" field to the appropriate type for the receiving app. Also, you need to make sure you have your IM application installed and working correctly before attempting to send the intent, otherwise it will not find it.

SlumberMachine · by **SlumberMachine** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:11 pm

I cannot seem to get the email address, cc, or bcc fields to populate the strings I'm sending them. Anyone know why this is? I am using the same code as the original in this thread.

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