How To Send Email In Android Detailed with Source code

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In Android, you can use Intent.ACTION_SEND to call an existing email client to send an Email.

See following code snippets :

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Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]"youremail@yahoo.com");
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "subject");
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "message");
email.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(email, "Choose an Email client :"));
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P.S This project is developed in Eclipse 3.7, and tested with Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3.3).

Run & test on real device only.
If you run this on emulator, you will hit error message : “No application can perform this action“. This code only work on real device.

1. Android Layout

File : res/layout/main.xml

[sourcecode language="xml"]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
android:id="@+id/textViewPhoneNo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="To : "
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<EditText
android:id="@+id/editTextTo"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress" >

<requestFocus />

</EditText>

<TextView
android:id="@+id/textViewSubject"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Subject : "
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<EditText
android:id="@+id/editTextSubject"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
</EditText>

<TextView
android:id="@+id/textViewMessage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Message : "
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<EditText
android:id="@+id/editTextMessage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="top"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="5" />

<Button
android:id="@+id/buttonSend"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Send" />

</LinearLayout>
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2. Activity

Full activity class to send an Email. Read the onClick() method, it should be self-explanatory.

[sourcecode language="java"]
package com.mkyong.android;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class SendEmailActivity extends Activity

Button buttonSend;
EditText textTo;
EditText textSubject;
EditText textMessage;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

buttonSend = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonSend);
textTo = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextTo);
textSubject = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextSubject);
textMessage = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextMessage);

buttonSend.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()

@Override
public void onClick(View v)

String to = textTo.getText().toString();
String subject = textSubject.getText().toString();
String message = textMessage.getText().toString();

Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] to);
//email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, new String[] to);
//email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_BCC, new String[]to);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);

//need this to prompts email client only
email.setType("message/rfc822");

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(email, "Choose an Email client :"));

);

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