Trying to attach a file from SD Card to email

Question

I am trying to launch an Intent to send an email. All of that works, but when I try to actually send the email a couple 'weird' things happen.

here is code

Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); sendIntent.setType("image/jpeg"); sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Photo"); sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://sdcard/dcim/Camera/filename.jpg")); sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Enjoy the photo"); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Email:")); 

So if I launch using the Gmail menu context It shows the attachment, lets me type who the email is to, and edit the body & subject. No big deal. I hit send, and it sends. The only thing is the attachment does NOT get sent.

So. I figured, why not try it w/ the Email menu context (for my backup email account on my phone). It shows the attachment, but no text at all in the body or subject. When I send it, the attachment sends correctly. That would lead me to believe something is quite wrong. Do I need a new permission in the Manifest launch an intent to send email w/ attachment? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Also getting the same problem

Code:

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);      emailIntent.setType("image/jpeg");     emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]      {"[email protected]"});      emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,      "Test Subject");      emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,      "go on read the emails");      Log.v(getClass().getSimpleName(), "sPhotoUri=" + Uri.parse("file:/"+ sPhotoFileName));     emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file:/"+ sPhotoFileName));     startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail...")); 

From adb logcat:

V/DumbDumpersMain( 3972):   sPhotoUri=file://sdcard/DumbDumpers/DumbDumper.jpg I/ActivityManager(   56):   Starting activity: Intent { action=android.intent.action.CHOOSER comp={android/com.android.internal.app.ChooserActivity} (has extras) } I/ActivityManager(   56):   Starting activity: Intent { action=android.intent.action.SEND type=jpeg/image flags=0x3000000 comp={com.google.android.gm/com.google.android.gm.ComposeActivityGmail} (has extras) } I/ActivityManager(   56):   Starting activity: Intent { action=android.intent.action.SEND type=jpeg/image flags=0x2800000 comp={com.google.android.gm/com.google.android.gm.ComposeActivity} (has extras) } D/gmail-ls(  120):      MailProvider.query: content://gmail-ls/labels/[email protected](null, null) D/Gmail   ( 2507):      URI FOUND:file://sdcard/DumbDumpers/DumbDumper.jpg 

Looks like the email provider is attaching a 0 length file. When I check the filesystem the file is there and correct. The code which creates the image file is well finished prior to the attempt to email it.

Anyone fixed this without magic reboots (I've already tried that)?

Regards,
Fin

Update

Path for me should have been

file:///sdcard/DumbDumpers/DumbDumper.jpg

you need the extra / as this points to the root directory, i.e.:

file:// + /sdcard/DumbDumpers/DumbDumper.jpg

combined as

file:///sdcard/DumbDumpers/DumbDumper.jpg

In the above snippet you need:

emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://"+ sPhotoFileName)); 

I hope this helps. It took me ages to debug.

Regards,
Finlay

Answer 2

Just a little remark from my side. I've been having the same issues with GMail, but somehow it seems to work when I store the file in question on the SD card first and retrieve it from there, rather than from the assets. So my code is the following:

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Title"); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Content"); i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri); i.setType("text/plain"); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail")); 

and here,

uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(context.getFilesDir(), FILENAME)); 

does not work, whereas

uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), FILENAME)); 

does.

Regards, Michael