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Karthik Andhamil
Karthik Andhamil

Reputation: 856

ACTION_SENDTO does not work

I want to send out an email from my app. So I used the following code.

String uriText = "[email protected]" + "?subject=" + URLEncoder.encode("Subject") + "&body=" + URLEncoder.encode("some text here");
Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
sendIntent.setData(uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Send Email"));

I have configured both my Gmail and EMail applications. I tested on my Nexus S (JellyBean) and HTC T-Mobile G2 (GingerBread). Both of them shows "No apps can perform this action.".

Does anyone have idea what's wrong here?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 5385

Answers (5)

Martin Zeitler
Martin Zeitler

Reputation: 76699

I've tried all day to open the com.android.mms/.ui.ComposeMessageActivity (Huawei).
While it's indeed pretty simple and it seemingly does not need any special handling:

try { startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mmsto:"))) }
catch (e: Exception) { Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Exception: ${e.message}") }

Upvotes: 0

zeeshan ahmad
zeeshan ahmad

Reputation: 81

Uri should be "mailto"

 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);  
 intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));  
 intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"[email protected]"});  
 intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,"Order summary of Coffee");
 intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,BodyOfEmail);

 if(intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager())!=null) {
            startActivity(intent);
        }

Upvotes: 1

Roger Oba
Roger Oba

Reputation: 1420

The following code worked for me and is a lot more reliable and flexible. Also, it's written in Kotlin :)

fun sendEmail(context: Context, mailTo: String? = null, subject: String? = null, bodyText: String? = null) {
    val emailIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO)
    val uri = Uri.parse("mailto:${mailTo ?: ""}").buildUpon() // "mailto:" (even if empty) is required to open email composers
    subject?.let { uri.appendQueryParameter("subject", it) }
    bodyText?.let { uri.appendQueryParameter("body", it) }
    emailIntent.data = uri.build()
    try {
        context.startActivity(emailIntent)
    } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
        // Handle error properly
    }
}

Upvotes: -1

ρяσѕρєя K
ρяσѕρєя K

Reputation: 132982

if you are using Intent.setData for sending email then change your code as:

String uriText = "mailto:[email protected]" +
                 "?subject=" + URLEncoder.encode("Subject") + 
                 "&body=" + URLEncoder.encode("some text here");
Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
sendIntent.setData(uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Send Email"));

Upvotes: 9

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006954

If you are going to use ACTION_SENDTO, the Uri should use the mailto: or smsto: scheme. So, try mailto:[email protected].

Upvotes: 13

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