MFMailComposeViewController and privacy - hiding the To: field?

Question

I am creating my second iPhone app, and I\'ve included a feedback form using MFMailComposeViewController. This displays and works correctly, but I\'m not sure I want all my user

Answer 1

This isn't practical. Even if you were to successfully hide the “To” field in the compose view controller (which would be difficult and probably get you rejected from the App Store), your users could easily see the email address they sent feedback to by checking their email account's sent-mail folder. IWasRobbed's idea—creating an email account specifically for your business or app—is probably the best solution.

Answer 2

I had the same request from a client where they wanted to mask the email address from the end user. Figured it out by using a formatted email address: displayString <email@provider.com>

NSString *yourEmail = @"myemail@gmail.com";
MFMailComposeViewController *mailComposer = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
NSString *emailString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"App Feedback <%@>", yourEmail];
[mailComposer setToRecipients:@[emailString]];

It effectually gets you the first image below in the email composer. Then the user has to tap on the App Feedback text a couple of times before they can reveal what the actual email address, see second image.