Sending Email in Android using JavaMail API withou

Question

I am trying to create a mail sending application in Android.

If I use:

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);

This will launch the built-in Android application; I'm trying to send the mail on button click directly without using this application.

Answer 1

Those who are getting ClassDefNotFoundError try to move that Three jar files to lib folder of your Project,it worked for me!!

Answer 2

All the code provided in the other answers is correct and is working fine, but a bit messy, so I decided to publish a library (still in development though) to use it in a easier way: AndroidMail.

You have just to create a MailSender, build a mail and send it (already handled in background with an AsyncTask).

MailSender mailSender = new MailSender(email, password);

Mail.MailBuilder builder = new Mail.MailBuilder();
Mail mail = builder
    .setSender(senderMail)
    .addRecipient(new Recipient(recipient))
    .setText("Hello")
    .build();

mailSender.sendMail(mail);

You can receive a notification for the email sent and it has also the support for different Recipients types (TO, CC and BCC), attachments and html:

MailSender mailSender = new MailSender(email, password);

Mail.MailBuilder builder = new Mail.MailBuilder();
Mail mail = builder
    .setSender(senderMail)
    .addRecipient(new Recipient(recipient))
    .addRecipient(new Recipient(Recipient.TYPE.CC, recipientCC))
    .setText("Hello")
    .setHtml("<h1 style=\"color:red;\">Hello</h1>")
    .addAttachment(new Attachment(filePath, fileName))
    .build();

mailSender.sendMail(mail, new MailSender.OnMailSentListener() {

    @Override
    public void onSuccess() {
        // mail sent!
    }

    @Override
    public void onError(Exception error) {
        // something bad happened :(
    }
});

You can get it via Gradle or Maven:

compile 'it.enricocandino:androidmail:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'

Please let me know if you have any issue with it! :)

Answer 3

SMTP

Using SMTP is one way to go, and the others have already pointed out ways how to do it. Just note that while doing this, you completely circumvent the built in mail app, and you will have to provide the address of the SMTP server, the user name and password for that server, either statically in your code, or query it from the user.

HTTP

Another way would involve a simple server side script, like php, that takes some URL parameters and uses them to send a mail. This way, you only need to make an HTTP request from the device (easily possible with the built in libraries) and don't need to store the SMTP login data on the device. This is one more indirection compared to direct SMTP usage, but because it's so very easy to make HTTP request and send mails from PHP, it might even be simpler than the direct way.

Mail Application

If the mail shall be send from the users default mail account that he already registered with the phone, you'd have to take some other approach. If you have enough time and experience, you might want to check the source code of the Android Email application to see if it offers some entry point to send a mail without user interaction (I don't know, but maybe there is one).

Maybe you even find a way to query the users account details (so you can use them for SMTP), though I highly doubt that this is possible, because it would be a huge security risk and Android is built rather securely.

Answer 4

 Add jar files mail.jar,activation.jar,additionnal.jar

 String sub="Thank you for your online registration" ; 
 Mail m = new Mail("emailid", "password"); 

 String[] toArr = {"[e-mail]",sEmailId};
 m.setFrom("[e-mail]"); 

     m.setTo(toArr);
     m.setSubject(sub);
    m.setBody(msg);



                     try{


                            if(m.send()) { 

                            } else { 

                            } 
                          } catch(Exception e) { 

                            Log.e("MailApp", "Could not send email", e); 
                          } 

  package com.example.ekktra;

   import java.util.Date;
   import java.util.Properties;

   import javax.activation.CommandMap;
   import javax.activation.DataHandler;
   import javax.activation.DataSource;
   import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
   import javax.activation.MailcapCommandMap;
   import javax.mail.BodyPart;
   import javax.mail.Multipart;
   import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
   import javax.mail.Session;
   import javax.mail.Transport;
   import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
   import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
   import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
   import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;

   public class Mail extends javax.mail.Authenticator { 
     private String _user; 
     private String _pass; 

     private String[] _to; 

     private String _from; 

     private String _port; 
     private String _sport; 

     private String _host; 

     private String _subject; 
     private String _body; 

     private boolean _auth; 

     private boolean _debuggable; 

     private Multipart _multipart; 


   public Mail() { 
      _host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // default smtp server 
      _port = "465"; // default smtp port 
      _sport = "465"; // default socketfactory port 

      _user = ""; // username 
      _pass = ""; // password 
      _from = ""; // email sent from 
      _subject = ""; // email subject 
      _body = ""; // email body 

      _debuggable = false; // debug mode on or off - default off 
      _auth = true; // smtp authentication - default on 

      _multipart = new MimeMultipart(); 

      // There is something wrong with MailCap, javamail can not find a handler for the        multipart/mixed part, so this bit needs to be added. 
      MailcapCommandMap mc = (MailcapCommandMap) CommandMap.getDefaultCommandMap(); 
   mc.addMailcap("text/html;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.text_html"); 
   mc.addMailcap("text/xml;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.text_xml"); 
   mc.addMailcap("text/plain;; x-java-content-  handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.text_plain"); 
   mc.addMailcap("multipart/*;; x-java-content-handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.multipart_mixed"); 
   mc.addMailcap("message/rfc822;; x-java-content- handler=com.sun.mail.handlers.message_rfc822"); 
    CommandMap.setDefaultCommandMap(mc); 
   } 

 public Mail(String user, String pass) { 
  this(); 

  _user = user; 
   _pass = pass; 
 } 

public boolean send() throws Exception { 
   Properties props = _setProperties(); 

  if(!_user.equals("") && !_pass.equals("") && _to.length > 0 && !_from.equals("") &&   !_subject.equals("") /*&& !_body.equals("")*/) { 
    Session session = Session.getInstance(props, this); 

    MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session); 

     msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(_from)); 

    InternetAddress[] addressTo = new InternetAddress[_to.length]; 
     for (int i = 0; i < _to.length; i++) { 
      addressTo[i] = new InternetAddress(_to[i]); 
    } 
      msg.setRecipients(MimeMessage.RecipientType.TO, addressTo); 

    msg.setSubject(_subject); 
    msg.setSentDate(new Date()); 

  // setup message body 
  BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart(); 
    messageBodyPart.setText(_body); 
    _multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart); 

     // Put parts in message 
    msg.setContent(_multipart); 

    // send email 
    Transport.send(msg); 

    return true; 
   } else { 
     return false; 
   } 
  } 

   public void addAttachment(String filename) throws Exception { 
    BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart(); 
    DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename); 
      messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source)); 
    messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename); 

   _multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart); 
 } 

  @Override 
  public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { 
     return new PasswordAuthentication(_user, _pass); 
  } 

   private Properties _setProperties() { 
   Properties props = new Properties(); 

    props.put("mail.smtp.host", _host); 

  if(_debuggable) { 
    props.put("mail.debug", "true"); 
  } 

  if(_auth) { 
    props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true"); 
   } 

    props.put("mail.smtp.port", _port); 
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", _sport); 
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"); 
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false"); 

    return props; 
   } 

   // the getters and setters 
  public String getBody() { 
   return _body; 
 } 

 public void setBody(String _body) { 
  this._body = _body; 
 }

  public void setTo(String[] toArr) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    this._to=toArr;
 }

public void setFrom(String string) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    this._from=string;
}

 public void setSubject(String string) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    this._subject=string;
  }  


   }

Answer 5

In order to help those getting a Network On Main Thread Exception with an SDK Target >9. This is using droopie's code above but will work similarly for any.

StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();

StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy); 

android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException

You can use AsyncTask as below

public void onClickMail(View view) {
    new SendEmailAsyncTask().execute();
}

class SendEmailAsyncTask extends AsyncTask <Void, Void, Boolean> {
    Mail m = new Mail("[e-mail]", "my password");

    public SendEmailAsyncTask() {
        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) Log.v(SendEmailAsyncTask.class.getName(), "SendEmailAsyncTask()");
        String[] toArr = { "to [e-mail]"};
        m.setTo(toArr);
        m.setFrom("from [e-mail]");
        m.setSubject("Email from Android");
        m.setBody("body.");
    }

    @Override
    protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... params) {
        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) Log.v(SendEmailAsyncTask.class.getName(), "doInBackground()");
        try {
            m.send();
            return true;
        } catch (AuthenticationFailedException e) {
            Log.e(SendEmailAsyncTask.class.getName(), "Bad account details");
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        } catch (MessagingException e) {
            Log.e(SendEmailAsyncTask.class.getName(), m.getTo(null) + "failed");
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }

Answer 6

I tried using the code that @Vinayak B submitted. However I'm getting an error saying: No provider for smtp

I created a new question for this with more information HERE

I was able to fix it myself after all. I had to use an other mail.jar and I had to make sure my "access for less secure apps" was turned on.

I hope this helps anyone who has the same problem. With this done, this piece of code works on the google glass too.