Launch Android Default Email application through btn click

Question

I posted this query here, but as usual, noone knows / no replies

http://www.anddev.org/viewtopic.php?p=41513#41513

How can I launch the android default mail application through the click of a button in my code?

I would also like to know, how this can be done to launch the contacts list also.

Any help in this regard is appreciated,

Regards, Rony

Answer 1

How can I launch the android default mail application through the click of a button in my code?

Use an ACTION_SEND Intent.

(BTW, I apologize for the formatting of that blog post -- AndroidGuys keeps changing hosting providers, which screws up my posts)

I would also like to know, how this can be done to launch the contacts list also.

Use an ACTION_PICK Intent.