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Tanishq Sharma
Tanishq Sharma

Reputation: 538

How to receive email from system, using Intent Filter?

I searched for the query online and figured the intent-filter in the AndroidManifest.xml file. However, I am still unable to find how to receive the clicked email id in my application.

My problem

I have tried with the following function:

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Intent intent = getIntent();
        String x = intent.getExtras().getString(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL);
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, x, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

*Toast is for checking whether string is being received or no.

However, the toast appears empty,showing that the string is not getting received.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 686

Answers (2)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007369

If an app invokes your activity via an ACTION_VIEW Intent, there is no documented means for that app to give you an email address.

If an app invokes your activity via an ACTION_SENDTO Intent, the email address will be in the Uri. That Uri scheme should be mailto: (as that what your filter is restricting it to). I think you get the address via getSchemeSpecificPart() on the Uri, though I have not tried this.

Note that there is no requirement for an app to launch any third-party activity when the user clicks an email address, let alone one of the two that you that you have set up via the <intent-filter>.

Upvotes: 0

Alexander N.
Alexander N.

Reputation: 1592

I believe that the email intent is really designed for sending/composing an email, not for copying data from the email into your application. See here:

http://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Email

If you wanted to get an email address for someone, you may want to try the contacts intent instead:

http://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Contacts

Upvotes: 1

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