Using Android Intent.ACTION_SEND for sending email

Question

I\'m using Intent.ACTION_SEND to send an email. However, when I call the intent it is showing choices to send a message, send an email, and also to

Answer 1

This saved my day. It sends composed text message directly to gmail app:

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts(
                        "mailto","togmail.com", null));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Report message");
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, edt_msg.getText().toString());
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email..."));

Answer 2

I'm not taking credit for this answer but I believe it gives the best answer for this post.

It's a common misconception to use text/plain or text/html. This will trigger any application that can handle plain or HTML text files without any context, including Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote and Skype.

Instead use a ACTION_SENDTO, providing the mailto: Uri

intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:"));

You can then proceed using the chooser as suggested through the other answers.

Answered by @PaulLammertsma here Android email chooser

Answer 3

This is a combination of Jack Dsilva and Jignesh Mayani solutions:

    try
    {
        Intent gmailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        gmailIntent.setType("text/html");

        final PackageManager pm = _activity.getPackageManager();
        final List<ResolveInfo> matches = pm.queryIntentActivities(gmailIntent, 0);
        String gmailActivityClass = null;

        for (final ResolveInfo info : matches)
        {
            if (info.activityInfo.packageName.equals("com.google.android.gm"))
            {
                gmailActivityClass = info.activityInfo.name;

                if (gmailActivityClass != null && !gmailActivityClass.isEmpty())
                {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        gmailIntent.setClassName("com.google.android.gm", gmailActivityClass);
        gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "yourmail@gmail.com" });
        gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
        gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, "cc@gmail.com"); // if necessary
        gmailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Email message");
        gmailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("yourmail@gmail.com"));
        this._activity.startActivity(gmailIntent);
    }

    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "yourmail@gmail.com" });
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, "cc@gmail.com"); // if necessary
        i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Email message");
        i.setType("plain/text");
        this._activity.startActivity(i);
    }

So, at first it will try to open gmail app and in case a user doesn't have it then the second approach will be implemented.

Answer 4

Thanks to the Open source developer, cketti for sharing this concise and neat solution. It's the only method that worked for me.

String mailto = "mailto:bob@example.org" +
    "?cc=" + "alice@example.com" +
    "&subject=" + Uri.encode(subject) +
    "&body=" + Uri.encode(bodyText);

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse(mailto));

try {
  startActivity(emailIntent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
  //TODO: Handle case where no email app is available
}

And this is the link to his/her gist.

Answer 5

First solution: try to be more specific in your Intent parameters. Add a message recipient for instance

emailIntent .putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] {"user@example.com"});

Second solution: use the package manager to find all applications capable of sending a message and select the only those you want to use.