How do you open the default email app on an iPhone with Flutter?

Question

I want to make a Flutter app and one of the requirements is to open the native email client on the Android or iPhone device. I do NOT wish to create a new email, just open the email app. I would like to be able to open the email client with platform generic code if possible, if not I would like to know what would be required on the iOS side. I am not looking for the Send Email Intent, as I know there is a plugin in Flutter for that. Being a Android Developer I believe I know how to call an Intent from Flutter for that Implicit Intent, if I have to go that way, but I don't have the familiarity with iOS.

Günter Zöchbauer · Answer 1 · 2018-12-12T13:52:56.313

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The url_launcher plugin does that

mailto:<email address>?subject=<subject>&body=<body>

Create email to in the default email app

See also How do I open a web browser (URL) from my Flutter code?

edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:52

answered Jun 29 '18 at 05:09

Günter Zöchbauer

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I don't want to create a new email, I just want to open the default email app. – Peter Birdsall Jun 29 '18 at 17:35
Sorry, don't know about that – Günter Zöchbauer Jun 29 '18 at 17:37
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Try `message:` instead of `mailto: ...` – Alejandro Iván Jul 04 '18 at 18:47
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You probably need to use `Uri.encodeFull('It is not ok')` or `Uri.encodeComponent('It isnot ok')` and pass the resulting value instead. – Günter Zöchbauer Dec 10 '18 at 06:57
@AlejandroIván is that just for iOS? – Volodymyr Bobyr Mar 10 '21 at 20:05

BuffK · Answer 2 · 2020-02-24T14:14:06.483

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You need two plugins: android_intent and url_launcher

if (Platform.isAndroid) {
  AndroidIntent intent = AndroidIntent(
    action: 'android.intent.action.MAIN',
    category: 'android.intent.category.APP_EMAIL',
  );
  intent.launch().catchError((e) {
    ;
  });
} else if (Platform.isIOS) {
  launch("message://").catchError((e){
    ;
  });
}

edited Feb 24 '20 at 14:14

answered Feb 12 '20 at 17:42

BuffK

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On Android, this will open the email app inside your app. To open it in a new window add: `flags: [Flag.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK]` – Gabriel Aguirre May 16 '21 at 19:06
launch("message://") is not working in Simulator – Abdullah Khan Jul 14 '21 at 07:49
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`android_intent` has been replaced by `android_intent_plus` – JJuice Oct 16 '21 at 16:54

Bhargav Sejpal · Answer 3 · 2021-07-23T10:48:00.397

use url_launcher plugin url_launcher

Future<void> _launched;

Future<void> _openUrl(String url) async {
    if (await canLaunch(url)) {
      await launch(url);
    } else {
      throw 'Could not launch $url';
    }
}

Then for Phone

setState(() {
  _launched = _openUrl('tel:${+917600896744}');
});

for email

setState(() {
  _launched = _openUrl('mailto:${sejpalbhargav67@gmail.com}'');
});

Update July 2021

Add Following Lines in Manifest File

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" />

<queries>
<intent>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
  <data android:scheme="https" />
</intent>
<intent>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.DIAL" />
  <data android:scheme="tel" />
</intent>
<intent>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
  <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
</intent>

This will send an email, not what the op wants. – jbx Nov 12 '20 at 20:44 — jbx, Nov 12 '20 at 20:44

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 22 '22 at 02:01

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launch("mailto:<email address>?subject=<subject>&body=<body>");

use url_launcher package

answered Mar 22 '22 at 02:01

saigopi.me

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`launch` is now deprecated. Now, you should use `launchUrl` and it doesn't take a String, it takes a Uri(), and I'm struggling with how to write that Uri correctly!... I've made it open in the browser by using `Uri.https()`, but not in the e-mail app... There is the `Uri(path: 'String_path')` but that String can't contain a colon, so I can't write "mailto:".... Help? – Karolina Hagegård Jun 30 '22 at 06:33

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 22 '22 at 12:43

I'm using open_mail_app: ^0.4.5 for this, it works pretty well and it took 2 min to add it to my app:

// Android: Will open mail app or show native picker.
// iOS: Will open mail app if single mail app found.
var result = await OpenMailApp.openMailApp();

It shows all 3 of my email apps that I have installed on my android smartphone, but for some reason it also gives the option to open my paypal app, which could make users of my app think to be a bit sus.

The developer of open_mail_app has added a filter to filter out paypal, but it seems not to work:

/// Default filter list includes PayPal, since it implements the mailto: intent-filter
/// on Android, but the intention of this plugin is to provide
/// a utility for finding and opening apps dedicated to sending/receiving email.

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 22 '22 at 01:58

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U can use url_luncher:

await launchUrl(Uri.parse("mailto:email?subject=subject&body=body"))

& don't use launch as it's deprecated:

launch("mailto:<email address>?subject=<subject>&body=<body>");

answered Sep 22 '22 at 01:58

Abdelrahman Tareq

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 18 '23 at 08:44

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In theory this line of code should resolve the problem

String email = 'yourEmail@domain.com';
String title = 'The subject';
String message = '';
await launch(mailto:$email?subject=$title&body=$message);

But for some reason the subject and body are ignored, and to solve this issue check out this answer, it should work smoothly for all required parameters.

the working code:

final Uri params = Uri(
  scheme: 'mailto',
  path: email,
  query: 'subject=$title&body=$message',
);

var url = params.toString();
await launch(url);

answered Jan 18 '23 at 08:44

Osama Remlawi

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This is the working soultion! Thanks – Rajesh Apr 04 '23 at 04:51
I had to add another dependency to use lunchUrl method, but this answer worked thanks ! – Fakher Jun 15 '23 at 21:24

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 14 '20 at 12:52

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You can use email_launcher

Example

Email email = Email(
    to: ['one@gmail.com,two@gmail.com'],
    cc: ['foo@gmail.com'],
    bcc: ['bar@gmail.com'],
    subject: 'subject',
    body: 'body'
);
await EmailLauncher.launch(email);

answered May 14 '20 at 12:52

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 26 '20 at 06:11

this answer may be the solution How to open default email app inbox in flutter?

void openEmailApp(BuildContext context){
    try{
        AppAvailability.launchApp(Platform.isIOS ? "message://" : "com.google.android.gm").then((_) {
                print("App Email launched!");
              }).catchError((err) {
                Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(
                    content: Text("App Email not found!")
                ));
                print(err);
              });
    } catch(e) {
      Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(SnackBar(content: Text("Email App not found!")));
    }
}

AppAvailability is an outdated plugin, if you use this it will generate when you releasing the build . So please avoid using this plugin — scienticious, Jun 07 '21 at 06:47

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 06 '22 at 06:23

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You can use this package to open mail app in a device,https://pub.dev/packages/open_mail_app

answered Oct 06 '22 at 06:23

Vu Thanh

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 11 '23 at 18:45

This is my solution to the above problem that is working now!

 sendAnEmail(String email) async {
    const title = "Need support!";
    const message = "";
    final Uri url = Uri(
      scheme: 'mailto',
      path: email,
      query: 'subject=$title&body=$message',
    );

    await launchUrl(url);
  }

score -1 · Answer 12 · answered May 20 '20 at 23:11

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This library solved it perfectly for me: https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_email_sender. The example is good and the api is simple and obvious.

answered May 20 '20 at 23:11

zkon

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The op clearly said he doesn't want to send an email. – jbx Nov 12 '20 at 20:43
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The library allows you to open the email app without sending the email. – zkon Feb 05 '21 at 00:43
@zkon , I'd recommend you edit your answer to include exactly how to open the email app without sending the email! Otherwise, your answer will get downvoted, because ppl believe (from reading the package documentation) that the package can only send emails. Reading the documentation also takes a lot more time than if you would just write the relevant code here! So that would be very helpful, since you apparently know it. – Karolina Hagegård Jun 30 '22 at 06:53

score -1 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 30 '22 at 13:40

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I was looking for a similar solution and I found this package Open_mail_app. You can read through the readme.md on how to use it in your app.

[I will update this answer soon]

answered Dec 30 '22 at 13:40

Oluwatobiloba

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