ACTION_SENDTO for sending an email

Question

I am experiecing "This action is not currrently supported" error condition when execute the following code snippet in Android 2.1. What is wrong with the snippet?

public void onClick(View v) {   Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);   Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:[email protected]");   intent.setData(uri);   intent.putExtra("subject", "my subject");   intent.putExtra("body", "my message");   startActivity(intent); } 

Answer 1

If you use ACTION_SENDTO, putExtra() does not work to add subject and text to the intent. Use setData() and the Uri tool add subject and text.

This example works for me:

// ACTION_SENDTO filters for email apps (discard bluetooth and others) String uriText =     "mailto:[email protected]" +      "?subject=" + Uri.encode("some subject text here") +      "&body=" + Uri.encode("some text here");  Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);  Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO); sendIntent.setData(uri); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Send email"));  

Answer 2

Actually I found a way where the EXTRAs work. This is a combination of an answer I found here regarding ACTION_SENDTO

http://www.coderanch.com/t/520651/Android/Mobile/no-application-perform-action-when

and something for HTML which I found here:

How to send HTML email (but the variant of how to use ACTION_SENDTO in this HTML post didn't work for me - I got the "action not supported" which you are seeing)

    // works with blank mailId - user will have to fill in To: field     String mailId="";     // or can work with pre-filled-in To: field // String mailId="[email protected]"; Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO,                                      Uri.fromParts("mailto",mailId, null));  emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject text here");      // you can use simple text like this // emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"Body text here");      // or get fancy with HTML like this emailIntent.putExtra(              Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,              Html.fromHtml(new StringBuilder()                  .append("<p><b>Some Content</b></p>")                  .append("<a>http://www.google.com</a>")                  .append("<small><p>More content</p></small>")                  .toString())              ); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email..."));