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Nimesh Chandramaniya
Nimesh Chandramaniya

Reputation: 628

Send text with ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE

I am developing an Android application in which I am sending multiple attachments to email client application. To send multiple attachments I am using ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE intent.

Code snippet:

        Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
        emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
        emailIntent.setType("text/plain");
        emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, TO);
        emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Test"); // email subject

        ArrayList<CharSequence> msg = new ArrayList<CharSequence>();
        msg.add(mail_body); // email body
        emailIntent.putCharSequenceArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, msg);

        ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>(); //attachments
        uris.add(Uri.fromFile(logFile));
        uris.add(Uri.fromFile(oldLogFile));
        emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris);

this.startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."), ErrorCodes.MAIL_ACTIVITY);

Output of the above code:

In the Gmail application, the attachments are present but email body is missing.

How can I fix this issue? I would appreciate any suggestions and thought on this topic.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 873

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006869

First, ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE does not use a Uri, as you have with your setData() call.

Second, ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE uses either EXTRA_TEXT or EXTRA_STREAM, not both. See the documentation. This is the most likely source of your difficulty — you are trying to do something that is not documented to work.

Third, Uri.fromFile() will not work on Android 7.0+, if your app has a targetSdkVersion of 24 or higher. You will need to use FileProvider or some similar solution.

Upvotes: 1

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