Email template 'custom_mail_template' is not defined

Question

I'm trying to send mail from my custom module. For this I have created system.xml file, but it's returning error.

Error:

Email template 'custom_mail_template' is not defined.

my code is:

 <?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Config:etc/system_file.xsd">
    <system>
        <tab id="custom" translate="label" sortOrder="1">
            <label>custom mail</label>
        </tab>
        <section id="custom" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="100" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
            <label>custom mail</label>
            <tab>custom</tab>
            <resource>Learning_Custom::config_custom</resource>
            <group id="mail" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="1" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="0" showInStore="0">
                <label>Custom</label>
                <field id="active" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="0" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
                    <label>Enabled</label>
                    <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
                </field>
                <field id="template" translate="label comment" type="select" sortOrder="2" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
                    <label>Email Template</label>
                    <comment>Email template chosen based on theme fallback when "Default" option is selected.</comment>
                    <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Email\Template</source_model>
                </field>
            </group>
        </section>
    </system>
</config>

Any suggestions will appreciate.

Answer 1

You need create file email_templates.xml in etc folder with content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Email:etc/email_templates.xsd">
       <template id="custom_mail_template" label=" Your Custom Label" file="yourfile.html" type="html" module="Vendor_YourModule" area="frontend"/>
</config>

This file using declare template have id custom_mail_template in Configuration with path of template file you want use.

After, you create template email file yourfile.html in path Vendor/YourModule/view/frontend/email/yourfile.html

I hope it help for you.

Answer 2

I face the same problem when I use a custom email template and its resolved by the following changes.

If you check your system.xml file you can find that you path for system config for email template is created based upon that. In simple terms, email template-id is created upon sectionid_groupid_fieldid.

Here it is custom_mail_template.