How to code using android studio to send an email

Question

I'm planning to develop an android mobile application using android studio, where an user give email address and secret code. Then that secret code should be send to mentioned email address. Can any body share any code snippet in order to do this?

I think this would answer your question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2197741/how-can-i-send-emails-from-my-android-application — ya man, Feb 16 '15 at 17:13

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '15 at 17:19

If you want to send email in background refer here

If user is waiting on screen use below method:

protected void sendEmail() {
      Log.i("Send email", "");

      String[] TO = {"someone@gmail.com"};
      String[] CC = {"xyz@gmail.com"};
      Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
      emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
      emailIntent.setType("text/plain");


      emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, TO);
      emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, CC);
      emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Your subject");
      emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Email message goes here");

      try {
         startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
         finish();
         Log.i("Finished sending email...", "");
      } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
         Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, 
         "There is no email client installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
      }
   }

I got an error: "The logging tag can be at most 23 characters, was 25 (Finished sending email...) ". — Sapphire_Brick, Aug 25 '20 at 18:59
remove this to resolve the error: Log.i("Finished sending email...", ""); — Abdulrahman Abdelkader, Jun 10 '21 at 11:17

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 18:31

If you use Intent.ACTION_SEND android show all communicatons app. If you want show only email client you can use the following code.

 Intent mailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
 Uri data = Uri.parse("mailto:?subject=" + "subject text"+ "&body=" + "body text " + "&to=" + "destination@mail.com");
 mailIntent.setData(data);
 startActivity(Intent.createChooser(mailIntent, "Send mail..."));

fullmoon · Answer 3 · 2022-04-22T10:42:34.830

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https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common#ComposeEmail

Any messaging app:

 public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject, Uri attachment) {
 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
 intent.setType("*/*");
 intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
 intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
 intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, attachment);
 if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
     startActivity(intent);
 }

}

Only email apps

public void composeEmail(String[] addresses) {
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, "");
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
    startActivity(intent);
}

}

edited Apr 22 '22 at 10:42

answered Nov 02 '19 at 12:59

fullmoon

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I think it's the otherway aroud, the 2nd code contains the data as mailto which means it should be sent as an email right? – bahaeddin sagar Dec 23 '19 at 14:01
2nd method is not working – Eddie Brock Apr 22 '22 at 06:03
@Eddie, hi, there is an additional step now, please see my other answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62535856/intent-resolveactivity-returns-null-in-api-30/65166064#65166064 – fullmoon Apr 22 '22 at 10:49

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