How to open default email app - inbox in iOS from an xamarin forms app

Asked May 12 '20 at 23:17

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I checked out this topic before I decided to post a question :link

While Depedency Service works on Android, I have some diffculties on my iOS part. I added UrlType "message://" to info plist.info So Im getting into if section:

    {
        public void openMail()
        {
            NSUrl mailUrl = new NSUrl("message://");
            if (UIApplication.SharedApplication.CanOpenUrl(mailUrl))
            {
                UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(mailUrl);
            }            
        }
    }

but nothing really happens afterwards..application doesnt crash, just it does nothing.

I wanted to check if the message:// is a good qualifier for calling an app (default email client)?

asked May 12 '20 at 23:17

Stefan89BEG

you don't need to use DependencyService to do this. Look at the linked question, or use Xamarin Essentials - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/essentials/email?tabs=ios – Jason May 12 '20 at 23:33
but I dont want to send mail, I want just to open an inbox? – Stefan89BEG May 12 '20 at 23:34
are you testing this on a real device or the simulator? – Jason May 12 '20 at 23:36
on emulator, on real device its working now. thanks! – Stefan89BEG May 13 '20 at 00:03
the iOS emulator does not have an e-mail app – Jason May 13 '20 at 01:00

How to open default email app - inbox in iOS from an xamarin forms app

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