Trying to attach a file from SD Card to email

Question

I am trying to launch an Intent to send an email. All of that works, but when I try to actually send the email a couple 'weird' things happen.

here is code

Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.setType("image/jpeg");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Photo");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://sdcard/dcim/Camera/filename.jpg"));
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Enjoy the photo");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Email:"));

So if I launch using the Gmail menu context It shows the attachment, lets me type who the email is to, and edit the body & subject. No big deal. I hit send, and it sends. The only thing is the attachment does NOT get sent.

So. I figured, why not try it w/ the Email menu context (for my backup email account on my phone). It shows the attachment, but no text at all in the body or subject. When I send it, the attachment sends correctly. That would lead me to believe something is quite wrong. Do I need a new permission in the Manifest launch an intent to send email w/ attachment? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Also try adding Intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION); This helped with my issue.

Answer 2

Send an email with an attachment: (By docs)

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); emailIntent.setType(HTTP.PLAIN_TEXT_TYPE);

emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] {"[e-mail]"});

emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Email subject"); emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Email message text"); emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("content://path/to/email/attachment"));

// You can also attach multiple items by passing an ArrayList of Uris

Answer 3

    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    i.setType("message/rfc822");
    i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL  , new String[]{"[e-mail]"});
    i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Data from app");
    i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT   , "experience number x");
    i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); 

    Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "filename.txt"));
    i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send email..."));

Answer 4

public void sendMail(String path) {
        Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
        new String[] {AppConstant.server_mail});
        emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,
        "IBPS ERROR Mail");
        emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
        "This is an autogenerated mail from IBPS app");
        emailIntent.setType("image/png");
        Uri myUri = Uri.parse("file://" + path);
        emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, myUri);
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
        }

Answer 5

Just a little remark from my side. I've been having the same issues with GMail, but somehow it seems to work when I store the file in question on the SD card first and retrieve it from there, rather than from the assets. So my code is the following:

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Title");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Content");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
i.setType("text/plain");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail"));

and here,

uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(context.getFilesDir(), FILENAME));

does not work, whereas

uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), FILENAME));

does.

Regards, Michael

Answer 6

I got the same problem and looked everywhere for a solution. Finally I solved it by finding an open source app that worked out of the box and looked at how they did it. The code is rather long so I won't quote it here but post a link. Look at the sendEmail function in line 449

http://rehearsalassist.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/rehearsalassist/android/trunk/src/urbanstew/RehearsalAssistant/SessionPlayback.java?revision=94&view=markup

I refactored my code to be similar, and now it works. I hope this will help others in the same situation.