How to Send/attach multiple images

Question

I want to send multiple images. I tried setType("image/jpeg") also, I see this question posted in a lot of places, but didn't find correct answer

val emailIntent = Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE, Uri.parse("mailto:" + context?.resources?.getString(R.string.email)))
emailIntent.setType("application/image")
val uris = ArrayList<Uri>()

for (file in filePaths) {
    val fileIn = File(file)
    val u = Uri.fromFile(fileIn)
    uris.add(u)
}
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, emailSubject)
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, emailBody)
emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris)

context?.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Email:"));

https://stackoverflow.com/a/14457735/3673259 It said `application/image` instead of `image/jpeg` — Joshua, Jul 18 '17 at 06:07
@Joshua I tried both application/image and image/jpeg but non of them are working — I.S, Jul 18 '17 at 07:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '17 at 02:55

The ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE Intent doesn't take a data argument. So get rid of the Uri.parse("mailto:... argument in the constructor. Put the email address into EXTRA_EMAIL instead. Note that this extra is holding a string array, not a simple string.
The correct type to use is image/jpeg if all of the attachments are JPEGs, otherwise use image/*.
Sharing file:// URIs is being a bad Android citizen. It requires the receiving app to hold the storage permission. Use FileProvider instead and don't forget to add the flag FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION.

How to Send/attach multiple images

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