The code sample below will help you understand “How To Send Email In Android” using EmailIntent in android. In android we can use Intent.ACTION_SEND to call an existing email client to send an Email. If no email clients are configured then,android system displays “No application can perform this action” error.
Sending Email In Android example
Here is my layout as shown in the screenshots below
activity_main.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="To:"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/toEmail"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter email" >
</EditText>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Subject:"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/subject"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter Subject" >
</EditText>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Message:"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/emailBody"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="top"
android:hint="Enter mail body"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="5" />
</LinearLayout>In my code example, I have used ActionBar commands for send and clear option.
main_menu.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_clear"
android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_close_clear_cancel"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Clear"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_send"
android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_send"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Send"/>
</menu>Now, check out the activity code
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private EditText toEmail = null;
private EditText emailSubject = null;
private EditText emailBody = null;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
toEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.toEmail);
emailSubject = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.subject);
emailBody = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.emailBody);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.menu_clear:
toEmail.setText("");
emailBody.setText("");
emailSubject.setText("");
break;
case R.id.menu_send:
String to = toEmail.getText().toString();
String subject = emailSubject.getText().toString();
String message = emailBody.getText().toString();
Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { to });
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
// need this to prompts email client only
email.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(email, "Choose an Email client"));
break;
}
return true;
}
}