Send Email Intent

Question

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/html");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, "[e-mail]");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "I'm email body.");

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send Email"));

The above code opens a dialog showing following apps:- Bluetooth, Google Docs, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Orkut, Skype etc.

Actually, I want to filter these list-options. I want to show only email related apps e.g. Gmail, Yahoo Mail. How to do it?

I've seen such example on 'Android Market' application.

1. Open Android Market app
2. Open any application where developer has specified his/her email address. (If you can't find such app just open my app:- market://details?id=com.becomputer06.vehicle.diary.free , OR search by 'Vehicle Diary')
3. Scroll down to 'DEVELOPER'
4. Click on 'Send Email'

The dialog shows only email Apps e.g. Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc. It does not show Bluetooth, Orkut etc. What code produces such dialog?

Answer 1

I am updating Adil's answer in Kotlin,

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO)
intent.data = Uri.parse("mailto:") // only email apps should handle this
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, Array(1) { "[e-mail]" })
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject")
if (intent.resolveActivity(packageManager) != null) {
    startActivity(intent)
} else {
    showSnackBar(getString(R.string.no_apps_found_to_send_mail), this)
}

Answer 2

There are three main approaches:

String email = /* Your email address here */
String subject = /* Your subject here */
String body = /* Your body here */
String chooserTitle = /* Your chooser title here */

1. Custom Uri:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:" + email)
    .buildUpon()
    .appendQueryParameter("subject", subject)
    .appendQueryParameter("body", body)
    .build();

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, chooserTitle));

2. Using Intent extras:

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:" + email));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);
//emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_HTML_TEXT, body); //If you are using HTML in your body text

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Chooser Title"));

3. Support Library ShareCompat:

Activity activity = /* Your activity here */

ShareCompat.IntentBuilder.from(activity)
    .setType("message/rfc822")
    .addEmailTo(email)
    .setSubject(subject)
    .setText(body)
    //.setHtmlText(body) //If you are using HTML in your body text
    .setChooserTitle(chooserTitle)
    .startChooser();

Answer 3

This works for me:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL  , new String[] { "[e-mail]" });
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "My subject");

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Email via..."));

i.e. use the ACTION_SENDTO action rather than the ACTION_SEND action. I've tried it on a couple of Android 4.4 devices and it limits the chooser pop-up to only display email applications (Email, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc) and it correctly inserts the email address and subject into the email.

Answer 4

Works on All android Versions:

String[] TO = {"[e-mail]"};
    Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:[e-mail]")
            .buildUpon()
            .appendQueryParameter("subject", "subject")
            .appendQueryParameter("body", "body")
            .build();
    Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
    emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, TO);
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));

Answer 5

If you want to ensure that your intent is handled only by an email app (and not other text messaging or social apps), then use the ACTION_SENDTO action and include the "mailto:" data scheme. For example:

public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
    intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
    if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

I found this in https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Email

Answer 6

Following Code worked for me!!

import android.support.v4.app.ShareCompat;
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final Intent intent = ShareCompat.IntentBuilder
                        .from(activity)
                        .setType("application/txt")
                        .setSubject(subject)
                        .setText("Hii")
                        .setChooserTitle("Select One")
                        .createChooserIntent()
                        .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET)
                        .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);

activity.startActivity(intent);