How to call default email application from my android application

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I am new to Android application development and with very little java knowledge. I want to call the default Android email application from my application once a button is clicked. What code should i use ?

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see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3470042/intent-uri-to-launch-gmail-app — Marc Van Daele, Nov 17 '11 at 15:54
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i tried that before but it link me to the gmail application. i need to call the default email application which is email.apk. Thanks — user1052143, Nov 18 '11 at 02:06

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 17 '11 at 15:57

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You can create an email intent for that:

final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); 
emailIntent.setType("text/plain"); 
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"address@domain.com"}); 
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Some Subject"); 
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Some body"); 
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));

answered Nov 17 '11 at 15:57

darkhie

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i just need to launch the email application. which is something like this. Intent mailClient = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); mailClient.setClassName("com.google.android.gm", "com.google.android.gm.ConversationListActivity"); startActivity(mailClient); – user1052143 Nov 18 '11 at 02:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '16 at 07:20

try this code

Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
sendIntent.setType("plain/text");
sendIntent.setData(Uri.parse("demoemail@gmail.com"));
sendIntent.setClassName("com.google.android.gm", "com.google.android.gm.ComposeActivityGmail");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { "demoemail@gmail.com" });
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "demo of email");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "hi my message");
startActivity(sendIntent);

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 17 '11 at 15:56

In Android, you launch other activities by sending an intent to the android OS. The OS will then determine what activities subscribe to the intent, and either use a default or allow the user to select one. Use the following intent to just launch email:

Intent email = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND)

You can also include a default subject, to field, content, etc by using the bundle on the intent. There is a great tutorial here

How to call default email application from my android application

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