Has Android's Gmail app removed the ability to send HTML emails via Intent?

Question

I would like to send HTML emails via an Intent. It seems that the accepted way to do this is as follows:

String body = "I am <b>bold text</b> and I am <i>italic text</i> and I am normal text.";

final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setType("text/html");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml(body));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Email:"));

This does not work in Gmail v6.11.2 and 7.1.129 and produces plain text output. The only tags I see recognized are <p> and <br>.

My email must be editable by the user, so sending it in background via JavaMail API is not an option.

I have also attempted: emailIntent.setType("message/rfc822");

and: emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_HTML_TEXT, "Hello I am <b>bold</b> text.");

If this was once working, can someone confirm that this is a regression in the Gmail app's functionality as suggested by this user: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41596827/1319081, or am I doing something wrong?

Anchal Singh · Answer 1 · 2017-02-23T04:50:29.763

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String body = new String("<html><body><table><tr><td><br/>" +header+"</td></tr><br/><br/>"+"Get <b> Best Score </b> in your Android Phone.<br/>"+"<a href=\"" + link_val + "\">" + text_value+ "</a>");

emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, html.fromHtml(body));

Android support only some Tag.. For more information check below link..

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edited Feb 23 '17 at 04:50

answered Feb 22 '17 at 05:23

Anchal Singh

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This produces the same result: plain text in the Gmail editor with all formatting tags removed, which is why I assume it is a Gmail issue or regression. – rustyWhitefeather Feb 22 '17 at 05:39
i have editted my answer, please check it. Android support few tags of html. – Anchal Singh Feb 23 '17 at 04:51
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Once again, all tags are removed and the output is plain text. – rustyWhitefeather Feb 24 '17 at 02:10
have you checked the link? – Anchal Singh Feb 24 '17 at 08:58
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Yes, it appears Gmail has removed this functionality. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the code itself. – rustyWhitefeather Feb 25 '17 at 03:08

Has Android's Gmail app removed the ability to send HTML emails via Intent?

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