Send email via gmail

Question

I have a code the fires intent for sending email

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); i.setType("text/plain"); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,                 new String[] { to }); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, msg); try {     startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail...")); } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {     Toast.makeText(Start.this,                     "There are no email clients installed.",                     Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } 

But when this intent is fired I see many item in the list like sms app , gmail app, facebook app and so on.

How can I filter this and enable only gmail app (or maybe just email apps)?

Answer 1

Use android.content.Intent.ACTION_SENDTO (new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);) to get only the list of e-mail clients, with no facebook or other apps. Just the email clients.

I wouldn't suggest you get directly to the email app. Let the user choose his favorite email app. Don't constrain him.

If you use ACTION_SENDTO, putExtra does not work to add subject and text to the intent. Use Uri to add the subject and body text.

Example

Intent send = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO); String uriText = "mailto:" + Uri.encode("[email protected]") +            "?subject=" + Uri.encode("the subject") +            "&body=" + Uri.encode("the body of the message"); Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriText);  send.setData(uri); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(send, "Send mail...")); 

Answer 2

The accepted answer doesn't work on the 4.1.2. This should work on all platforms:

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.fromParts(             "mailto","[email protected]", null)); emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "EXTRA_SUBJECT"); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send email...")); 

Hope this helps.