How can I make email sent from android java?

Question

I have an POS app and I want to send my e-receipt to customers via email.

I have checked some resources and what I have found is how to send emails with text messages.

How can I make my email to look something like this?

You can either construct the email content as HTML inside EXTRA_TEXT or Convert your content into a file (ex. pdf, csv, etc..) and send it as attachment — Renz Manacmol, Sep 11 '19 at 03:11
I think this is duplicate, you can go through - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2197741/how-can-i-send-emails-from-my-android-application — Faizzy, Sep 11 '19 at 03:21
@MohdFaizan, I want a specific layout to be sent, and in this case is an invoice. Not just random texts. — no_profile, Sep 11 '19 at 07:45
If you want to send an invoice clearly you need to either send HTML way or PDF format. But if this Implementation is for admin app then It will be good but if this is for individual user than I dont think Its good to send email via mobile app, you need to trigger server for email — Faizzy, Sep 11 '19 at 08:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '19 at 03:04

You can pass Spanned text in your extra

final Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:"));
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The Subject");
shareIntent.putExtra(
Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
Html.fromHtml(new StringBuilder()
    .append("<p><b>Some Content</b></p>")
    .append("<small><p>More content</p></small>")
    .toString())
);

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '19 at 03:26

0

I think you can send email via Intent action

     Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
     it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"support@tutlane.com"});
     it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Welcome to Tutlane");
     it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hi Guest, Welcome to Tutlane Tutorial Site");
     it.setType("message/rfc822");

https://www.tutlane.com/tutorial/android/android-send-email-with-examples

answered Sep 11 '19 at 03:26

Faizzy

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Thank you for your response. But I want that image from my OP to look like. Not just random texts – no_profile Sep 11 '19 at 07:43

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 30 '21 at 09:37

You can try the following way.

      String[] recipients = {"abc@gmail.com"};
      Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND, Uri.parse("mailto:"));
      // prompts email clients only
      email.setType("message/rfc822");
 
      email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, recipients);
      email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "email subject");
      email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hello, This is a test message");
 
      try {
        // the user can choose the email client
         startActivity(Intent.createChooser(email, "Choose an email client from..."));
      
      } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
         Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "No email client installed.",
                 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
      }
   }

Android provides some further fields, these fields have to be attached to the Intent as extra data:

EXTRA_BCC: email addresses for blind carbon copy
EXTRA_CC: email addresses for carbon copy
EXTRA_HTML_TEXT: supply an alternative to EXTRA_TEXT as HTML formatted text
EXTRA_STREAM: URI holding a stream of data supplying the data that are sent
EXTRA_TITLE: the title that is shown when the user has to choose an email client

For a complete example, see this tutorial.

How can I immediately send an email without choosing an email client? — no_profile, Sep 11 '19 at 15:15

How can I make email sent from android java?

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