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manfcas
manfcas

Reputation: 1953

Explicit intent for Android default email client

I need to directly start the compose activity of the default Android email client. I also need to add more than one attachment to the email. Where I can find the component name to use to create an explicit intent? What is the correct action name to use to support multiple attachments in the default email client (Intent.ACTION_SEND, Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE, ...)?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2266

Answers (1)

manfcas
manfcas

Reputation: 1953

Ok, checking the source code of the Android Email system app I finally found it.

String subject = ...
String text = ...
ArrayList<Uri> attachments = ...
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
intent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, attachments);
intent.setClassName("com.android.email", "com.android.email.activity.MessageCompose");
try {
    startActivity(intent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
    anfe.printStackTrace();
}

This seems to work from Android 4.0 to Android 4.3. In Android 4.4 (KitKat) the name of the Activity has changed in com.android.email.activity.ComposeActivityEmail, but I haven't tested it.

Upvotes: 1

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