How to Send an Email From an Android Application?

In this article, you will create a simple application that can be used to send email through your Android application. We can send data using intent with ACTION_SEND with extra fields.

There are three types of email, subject, body, etc. Let's take one example of sending mail like taking input of email address, subject, and body for a Mobile Application.

Step 1: Create a new project in Android or you can use an already created project.

Step 2: Create an activity_main.xml file in your layout folder . path (res>layout)

implement the same invoke the following code inside activity_main.xml file.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/idRLContainer"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/txtTitle"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="80dp"
        android:text="Candidroot solutions"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.842"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <!--Send to Edittext -->
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="20dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="20dp"
        android:hint="Send To: "
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/txtTitle" />

    <!--Body of email-->
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_marginStart="20dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="20dp"
        android:hint="body : "
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText3" />
    <!--Email subject-->
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText3"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText2"
        android:layout_marginStart="20dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="20dp"
        android:hint="Email Subject:"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText1" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/editText3"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText3"
        android:layout_marginTop="36dp"
        android:text="Send email!!"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText2" />

 </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Step 3: Create an MainActivity.java file in your package folder .

Implement the same invoke the following code inside MainActivity.java file.

 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.EditText;
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    Button button;
    EditText edtSendto, edtSubject, edtBbody;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_two);
        edtSendto = findViewById(R.id.editText1);
        edtSubject = findViewById(R.id.editText2);
        edtBbody = findViewById(R.id.editText3);
        button = findViewById(R.id.button);

        button.setOnClickListener(view -> {
            String emailsend = edtSendto.getText().toString();
            String emailsubject = edtSubject.getText().toString();
            String emailbody = edtBbody.getText().toString();
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{emailsend});
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, emailsubject);
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, emailbody);
            intent.setType("message/rfc822");
            startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Choose an Email client :"));
        });

     }

 }

Step 4: Output of above example

Happy coding!

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365Bloggy June 4, 2024

How to Send an Email From an Android Application?

Step 1: Create a new project in Android or you can use an already created project.

Step 2: Create an activity_main.xml file in your layout folder . path (res>layout)

Step 3: Create an MainActivity.java file in your package folder .

Step 4: Output of above example

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