How to send email without emulator email app in Android

Question

Is it possible to send email in Android without using a email client like gmail, hotmail, etc. Can I send a email directly with the Intent class only?

Right now I'm using the emulators build in email app.

Also how can I let the user attach a file to the email in an easy way? I want to use a button that opens a folder with images on the emulator and lets the user to pick a file to attach.

Here is my code:

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

private EditText textEmail;
private EditText textSubject;
private EditText textMessage;
private Button   btnSend, btnAttach;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    textEmail = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText);
    textSubject = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);
    textMessage = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText3);
    btnSend = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
    btnAttach =(Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);//not implemented yet

    btnSend.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            SendEmail();
            textEmail.setText("");
            textSubject.setText("");
            textMessage.setText("");
        }
    });
}

protected void SendEmail(){

    String toEmail = textEmail.getText().toString();
    String theSubject = textSubject.getText().toString();
    String theMessage = textMessage.getText().toString();

    Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    email.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:"));
    email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,toEmail);
    email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,theSubject);
    email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,theMessage);
    email.setType("message/rfc822");

        // the user can choose the email client
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(email, "Send email"));

}

}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '15 at 21:26

With the Intent class only no, but why reinvent the wheel when other apps like gmail and hotmail specialize in only sending emails? Those clients will also handle the case of attaching a file to the email, but if you are looking to handle that yourself and passing it along with the email intent look at Google's tutorial on sharing files.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 11 '15 at 21:13

0

Short answer - no. The Intent requests that the OS run an application that has registered for it. If you don't have an email app, then there will by definition be no application to handle your Intent.

answered Mar 11 '15 at 21:13

GreyBeardedGeek

29,460
2
47
67

Thank you! Any info on how i can attachfile to the email by klicking on a button? – Spoofy Mar 11 '15 at 21:18
Haven't tried it, but http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/10/send-email-with-attachment-in-android.html looks like it should work. – GreyBeardedGeek Mar 11 '15 at 21:21

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

0

Here's a previous discussion on this topic.

ehd's answer relies on a 3rd party java library mail wrapper. If you do not trust that wrapper, consider adding standard Linux mail utility (i.e., sendMail) to your project and creating JNI layer to communicate with it.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Community

1
1

answered Mar 12 '15 at 04:47

user2551017

153
10

How to send email without emulator email app in Android

3 Answers3