Reputation: 113
I have been working with Java and Xml for a few months now, and have learned a great deal thanks to everyones help on StackOverflow.
My question is about java programming for android in relation to the submit button.
Currently I am trying to figure out how to submit a value to an email address (behind the scenes)
Lets say we have a text field and a button; I want to take the value entered in the text field, and submit that to an email address onclick.
I am unable to find anything online that shows me how to do this.
Thank you in advance for reading through my post and I look forward to your suggestions.
Upvotes: 4
Views: 7205
Reputation: 25
String mail=mailid.getText().toString();
String msubject=subject.getText().toString();
String mbody=body.getText().toString();
Log.i("Send email", "");
String[] TO = {mail};
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
emailIntent.setType("text/plain");
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, TO);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Static subject "+ msubject);
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Static body "+ mbody);
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
finish();
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "There is no email client installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 3098
try this
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:Type email address here"));
if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(intent);
}
Upvotes: 0
Reputation:
This is a great example of how using Intents
can come in great handy!
Android has a bunch of pre-defined Intents that do certain things within the system; you may have clicked on a picture before and a dialog popped up asking whether you would like to view it in your gallery or in a third-party app such as Astro. The viewing of an image has its own pre-determined intent.
Sending an email also has its own pre-determined intent: android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND
. You'll need to create an intent with that property and then attach extra information (ie. the address to send to, the subject/message body, etc.).
Example code:
// Data members
private Intent emailIntent;
private String feedback;
private EditText feedbackBox;
// Create the Intent, and give it the pre-defined value
// that the Android machine automatically associates with
// sending an email.
emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setType("plain/text");
// Put extra information into the Intent, including the email address
// that you wish to send to, and any subject (optional, of course).
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"[email protected]"});
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Insert subject here");
// Acquire feedback from an EditText and save it to a String.
feedback = feedbackBox.getText().toString();
// Put the message into the Intent as more extra information,
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, feedback);
// Start the Intent, which will launch the user's email
// app (make sure you save any necessary information in YOUR app
// in your onPause() method, as launching the email Intent will
// pause your app). This will create what I discussed above - a
// popup box that the user can use to determine which app they would like
// to use in order to send the email.
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Insert title for dialog box."));
I hoped this helped!!
Some sources you might like to check out:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_SEND
Upvotes: 11
Reputation: 33741
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, someEditText.getText());
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send someone an email..."));
Upvotes: 1