Open email app programmatically in android for new update

Question

How can I open a device email to send an email on the new update of android? it's showing a list of applications with support text/message/html/plain with the following code?

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    intent.setType("text/plain");
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{context.getString("email_to")});
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, context.getString("email_subject"));
    context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, context.getString("email_body")));

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '17 at 12:47

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This Intent will work For Email client with mailto Uri:

try {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
    intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"example.yahoo.com"});
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "App feedback");
    startActivity(intent);
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
    ToastUtil.showShortToast(getActivity(), "There are no email client installed on your device.");
}

answered Nov 03 '17 at 12:47

ADM

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do we really need to do a try-catch? it wouldn't crash the app would it? – Aba Jun 11 '18 at 02:47
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It will crash the app if no Activity found which handles data `mailto:`. So always use try catch or use `resloveActivity()`. – ADM Jun 11 '18 at 14:54

Sagar · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-17T08:29:30.647

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I have found the following code to open the email app programmatically use the following code. I hope this may solve your problem.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse("mailto:"+"email_to"));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "email_subject");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "email_body");
startActivity(intent);

edited Jan 17 '20 at 08:29

answered Nov 03 '17 at 12:51

Sagar

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I followed this code. But in my One Plus 3, email address doesn't get added in gmail sender field. – viper Apr 06 '20 at 12:55

Open email app programmatically in android for new update

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