Android : how to open a mail composer view?

Question

I just want to know how to open Mail Composer in Android.

With iOS, I would do something like this :

MFMailComposeViewController *controller = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
[controller setSubject:@"Mail subject"];
[controller setMessageBody:@"Mail body" isHTML:bool];
[controller setToRecipients:recipientsList];
if(controller) [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];

How about Android ?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Intent intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
String[] recipients={"xyz@gmail.com"};
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, recipients);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,"abc");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"def");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC,"ghi");
intent.setType("text/html");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send mail"));

Answer 2

The list of apps can be limited to email apps only by using ACTION_SENDTO.

public void composeEmail(String[] addresses, String subject) {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
    intent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // only email apps should handle this
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, addresses);
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
    if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

See https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Email

Answer 3

If you want to open only the email clients, then:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
String[] recipients = {"wantedEmail@gmail.com"};
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, recipients);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "emailTitle:");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, "ghi");
intent.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Send mail"));

Mostly similar to the accepted answer, with different MIME type.

Answer 4

Like this:

final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    emailIntent.setType("text/plain");
    emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] emailTo});
    emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_CC, new String[]{emailCC});
    emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
    emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, emailText);
    context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, context.getString("send email using:")));

You can find more details here: http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-email-intent/